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This is "Best of" Week on the Academic Minute. For the Best History Segment Award: Peter Filkins, professor of literature...
Lead Poisoning
Lead poisoning remains a scourge in certain areas. In today's Academic Minute, part of Franklin & Marshall College Week, Harriet...
Has the Master’s Degree Bubble Burst?
Analysis suggests projections of rapid growth in the master’s degree market were vastly overstated.
Prohibiting Caste Prejudice on Campus
Brandeis has added caste identity as "a recognized and protected characteristic" in the institution's antidiscrimination policy. The move was made to address caste distinctions among students and faculty members of South Asian descent.
Academic Minute: Lead Poisoning
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Franklin & Marshall College Week, Harriet Okatch, assistant professor of biology and public...
Concern Raised Over White House Open-Access Policy
A rumored U.S. executive order focusing on public access to federally funded research is ruffling feathers in the scholarly publishing...
529 Savings for Loans
Proposed spending bill would let people use 529 savings plans to pay down student loans. Critics say the move would mostly benefit those with enough resources to contribute to a plan.
Education Deserts
New report examines access to postsecondary opportunities by ZIP code, questions the impact of free college and says for-profit institutions fill gaps between public colleges.