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A Call for Centralized Funding of Europe's Universities
A leading academic has called for top European universities to be directly funded through the European Union in a bid...
$150M for Cancer Research at MD Anderson
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has announced a $150 million grant from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al...
Ariz. Governor Wants to Cut Community College Funds by 50%
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, a Republican, this week proposed budget cuts for higher education that stand out even in a...
Educators and Legislators Blast Texas Plan to Close Four Community Colleges
Some Texas educators and legislators are pushing back against a draft of the state budget, released earlier this week, that...
Controversy Over Star Professors at Florida Atlantic
The "eminent scholars" program at Florida Atlantic University is supposed to attract top faculty talent with higher pay and reduced...
E-Book Sellers Team Up With Goof-Offs to Reach Slackers
With most college students still opting for printed textbooks in lieu of electronic ones, publishers are taking aim at an...
Academic Minute: The Real Sir Thomas More
In today’s Academic Minute, Harvard University's James Simpson leads you on a search for the real Sir Thomas More. Find...
Documenting Adjuncts' Pay Gap
If part-time faculty members assembled the equivalent course duties of a full-time job at a Pennsylvania community college, they still...