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'Reparation and Reconciliation'
Author discusses book about efforts in the post-Civil War era to create colleges in the South that educated men and women, black students and white students together.
Suicide Attack at Nigerian University Kills Professor
Three suicide bombers attacked the University of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria on Monday, killing a university professor and a child...
Academic Minute: Opioid Crisis
Today on the Academic Minute, David Courtwright, professor of history at the University of North Florida, discusses an earlier epidemic...
Man Stabbed at Home of UMass Boston Chancellor
A man was stabbed early Sunday morning at the home of the chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Boston...
Jim Crow’s Lasting Impact
The lasting impacts of Jim Crow can’t always be seen with our eyes. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of...
College Scorecard Screwup
Final Friday release by the Obama administration's Education Department corrects a substantial error in loan repayment rates on consumer web tool.
Two Tuition-Free Years
Rhode Island governor proposes plan for the state's community college, and for junior and senior years at Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island.
Openness by Default
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation becomes the most recent grant-making organization to require recipients to make findings publicly available, a further shift toward transparency in research funding.