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Advocacy Group Puts Spotlight on Debt Relief Companies
A higher education advocacy group is looking to bring attention to student debt relief companies marketing to borrowers services they...
Wayne State's School of Medicine to Cut 37 Faculty Jobs
Wayne State University is trying to shed medical faculty members it views as “underproductive or unproductive,” The Detroit News reported...
Academic Minute: Deep Brain Stimulation
Today on the Academic Minute, Kim Burchiel, professor in the department of neurological surgery at Oregon Health & Science University...
Berkeley Chancellor Quits After 3 Years in Office
Nicholas Dirks announced Tuesday that he is stepping down as chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, after only three...
Retreat From Saudi Arabia
Ontario college cites financial reasons in withdrawing from its male-only campus in Saudi Arabia, but others, citing human rights grounds, question the original decision to be there.
Breaking the 'Iron Triangle'
Faculty members at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro experiment with a model for course redesign they say can increase access and quality and lower costs.
For-Profit Brooks Institute Announces Closure
Brooks Institute, a for-profit visual arts college, has announced that it is shutting down in October. A letter on the...
Caves
To explore our universe, head underground. In today's Academic Minute, Hofstra University's Robert Brinkmann discusses what caves have to tell...