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Ph.D.s in Economics Likely to Have Parents With Graduate Degrees
A new study finds that Ph.D.s in economics are increasingly likely to have at least one parent with a graduate...
No College Degree Required to Teach in Arizona
People in Arizona may now be hired to teach in the public schools if they are enrolled in college but...
Illegal Gun Carrying and Gun Violence Exposure: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy Week: Teddy Wilson, assistant professor in...
State Rewards Pa. System for Efforts to Remake Itself
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has undertaken a multiyear restructuring effort that has included consolidation of six institutions—and...
College Board Will Not Make Public AP Data by Race
The College Board will no longer make public data on race and the scores of those who take Advanced Placement...
Threats Hit 7 Colleges From Thursday to Friday
Seven colleges received bomb threats Thursday and Friday and subsequently declared their campuses safe. Four of the colleges were in...
A President Takes History Seriously
The Texas Historical Commission recently decided to honor J. Evetts Haley, who died in 1995, with a plaque on the...
Justice Dept. Backs Key Arguments in Antitrust Suit
The U.S. Justice Department has backed key arguments made in an antitrust suit against 16 private colleges and universities. In...