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Academic Minute: Infants' Persistence

Today on the Academic Minute, Kelsey Lucca, postdoctoral researcher in psychology at the University of Washington, explores how we can...

Lessons From Racial Tensions at Missouri

Much has been written about the explosion of racial tensions at the University of Missouri at Columbia in 2015 --...

New Plan for U Wisconsin Stevens Point

The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, which previously announced plans to cut 13 majors, on Monday said it will...

A New 'Network of Concerned Academics'

Christopher Newfield, professor of English and American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Michael Meranze, professor of...

White Supremacist Robocalls to Drake Students

A white supremacist group set up robocalls to Drake University students, The Des Moines Register reported. The calls feature white...
Opinion

Employers Want Liberal Arts Grads

New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.

Effect of Rhyming Books on Children’s Vocabularies

Making a rhyme every time is great for children’s minds. In today's Academic Minute, Santa Clara University's Kirsten Read explains...

New Data on Admissions: Criteria That Matter, Early Decision and More

"State of College Admission" finds colleges focus more on academics than personal characteristics and value first-generation status over race/ethnicity.