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Is College Worth It? Yes
New study shows that, from a financial standpoint alone, earning a bachelor's degree is on average a sound investment.
Why Alabama Returned the Gift
Newly released documents suggest that what has been portrayed as a dispute about the state law restricting abortion may be about a donor's demands over a law school.
Empathy in Online Health Communities
Sometimes an online community is what you need to get through a tough time. In today's Academic Minute, part of...
(More) Bias in Science Hiring
New study finds discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring in the sciences. The study's about postdocs, but it has important implications for all of academe.
An Upward Limit on Elite M.B.A. Tuition Rates
Harvard and Chicago business schools freeze M.B.A. tuition.
'Plan U' for Mandatory Sharing of Pub Preprints
An essay in PLOS Biology argues that funding agencies should require grantees to post their papers on preprint servers such...
New Programs: Hispanic Studies, Strategic Communication, Sports Studies, Analytics, Translation
Graceland University is starting a bachelor's program in Hispanic studies. Marquette University is starting an online bachelor of arts in...
College Students Enlist in Fight Against Looming Abortion Restrictions
Despite restrictive abortion legislation adopted in Georgia and other states, local abortion-rights advocates are making sure college students understand the new ban is not yet in effect and encouraging them to join efforts to fight the prohibition.