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Academic Minute: George Washington
In today’s Academic Minute, Western New England College's John Baick distinguishes the real George Washington from the mythic figurehead he...
Senior Administrators' Pay Up 1.4%
The median base salary increase for senior administrators in 2010 was 1.4 percent, up from no increase at all in...
Judge Lifts Injunction Barring Study of Louisiana Merger
A state judge in Louisiana on Friday lifted another judge's order barring the state from supporting a possible merger of...
Wary (and Inevitable?) Embrace
Science and religion, at odds for centuries, can -- and may be bound to -- find common ground, say speakers at AAAS session.
The Macalester Non-Sequel
Last year, Macalester College celebrated Presidents' Day with this funny video of the college's president, Brian Rosenberg, inhaling helium, eating...
Generous, but Not So Generous
Yale and Stanford both move to ask more of families at the upper income levels of aid eligibility.
Peggy Guggenheim on the Possible Sale of Jackson Pollock's 'Mural'
As Iowa politicians and educators have debated a legislator's proposal that the University of Iowa sell Jackson Pollock's "Mural" for...
Can You Trust Automated Grading?
ETS says new research shows its program can be superior to human evaluation of college students, but MIT scholar says claims are built on false premises.