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Senate at Lincoln U of Missouri Criticizes Provost
The Faculty Senate at Lincoln University in Missouri voted 88 to 18 Thursday that it lacks confidence in Provost Said...
What You Read Influences How You Write
You write what you read. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Florida's Yellowlees Douglas examines if reading more polished...
Low Returns, High Pressure
Endowment spending remains under scrutiny, even as low returns roll in this year for colleges with large investment holdings.
Ugly Response to Black Lives Matter
At a protest at East Tennessee State University, a white student shows up in a gorilla mask and taunts black students by dangling bananas at them.
A Gold Medal for Teaching, or a Silver?
English universities will be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance in the new Teaching Excellence Framework...
Beauty School Chain Closes Abruptly
Regency Beauty Institute closed all 79 of its campuses this week, the for-profit chain announced on its website. The Minnesota-based...
Creativity (or Lack Thereof) at Chinese Universities
New study finds that Chinese students at top-ranked institutions are less creative than those at less prestigious institutions.
Report Criticizes USA Funds and ECMC
Guarantee agencies have fallen away from their public missions, says the Century Foundation, which called on the feds to push for the agencies’ $5 billion in assets to be spent helping struggling student borrowers.