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Mixing Partying and Politics
As they fête Obama's historic inauguration, advocates for historically black colleges urge the president-elect to prioritize them in his stimulus package.
Could a Press End Up on Chopping Block?
Fears of Utah State University's scholarly publishing arm illustrate the vulnerability of academic publishing in a year of massive budget cuts.
NCAA President Diagnosed with Cancer
Overshadowing other news from the NCAA convention, Myles Brand publicly confirms illness and describes his long-term prognosis as "not good."
Making Human Rights More Scientific
AAAS launches group aimed not only at protecting rights of scientists, but of bringing scholarly expertise to broader humanitarian efforts.
Lost Before They Start
The problem with remedial education at community colleges may not be the courses, but the sequences -- and how students progress (or never do), study suggests.