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Boost for the Humanities
Defying trends, Mellon Foundation puts up $10 million to get the state of Wisconsin to do the same for its flagship university.
Short-Term Budget Bill Protects Maximum Pell Grant
Congress on Tuesday passed legislation that, in funding the federal government's operations through March 4, ensures that the maximum Pell...
All the President's Profs
Calling them Mr. Jefferson’s Justice League is somehow irresistible. Perhaps that’s because the University of Virginia’s Faculty Budget Advisory Committee...
House Backs Science Research Bill, Ensuring Passage
As lawmakers rushed to finish the work of the 111th Congress, the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the Senate's...
'The Global Auction'
College and university presidents in the United States and elsewhere regularly link the need for a higher education to individual...
Generally Positive Reviews for Obama Science Policy
Sometimes it's all about expectations. With his March 2009 speech promising to restore science to a place of centrality and...
Goodbye DADT, Hello ROTC
The death of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" signals the return of the signature military training program to elite universities that banned it, presidents promise.
40% of Americans Are Creationists
A new poll by Gallup has found that 40 percent of Americans (a smaller share than at times in the...