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Professor Loses Job Over Iran Joke
Babson College terminated a staff member and adjunct professor who wrote on Facebook that Iran should respond to President Trump’s...
'In Defense of Knowledge and Higher Education'
The American Association of University Professors on Thursday released a statement “ In Defense of Knowledge and Higher Education,” saying...
A Big Open-Access Deal for Germany
Publisher Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL -- a consortium of university and research libraries in Germany -- have signed a...
Helping the Homeless Through Business Improvement Districts
Can businesses work together to help the homeless? In today's Academic Minute, part of University at Albany Week, Wonhyung Lee...
A Way Out of Impasse Over LGBT Issues?
A proposed split in the United Methodist Church could be good news for colleges that struggled with whether to retain their church affiliation following the adoption of anti-LGBT policies.
Sidewalk Politics
Iowa State University policy restricting political messages written in chalk on campus sidewalks is being challenged in court as violating students' free speech rights. Supporters of the policy believe it will protect underrepresented groups from hateful language.
Evidence of Opposition to Chinese Enrollment Quotas
Objection is to a system that greatly favors residents of large cities.
An EdX Bachelor’s Degree?
With the launch of MicroBachelors, MOOC platform edX lays the groundwork for a fully online undergraduate degree taught by multiple universities.