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Brandeis AD Placed on Leave Pending Investigation
Brandeis University announced its athletic director, Lynne Dempsey, was placed on administrative leave Friday pending an independent investigation into the...
Confederate Sympathizer on Blast
Florida Atlantic professor faces opposition from students after his essays blaming "black supremacy" for slavery and generally defending the Confederacy surface.
Academic Minute: Bureaucrats in Foreign Policy and LGBTI Rights
Today on the Academic Minute, Elise Carlson-Rainer, assistant professor of international relations at American Public University, discusses how public perception...
How a Mass Shooting May Have Been Averted
A Syracuse University student who had ammunition and gun accessories in his apartment was deported before acting on suspected plans...
Closing a Confucius Institute, at Congressmen's Request
After two congressmen write to Texas A&M raising concerns that the Chinese-government backed Confucius Institutes are platforms for political propaganda and espionage, Texas A&M says it will close them.
Publishers Win Big in Fake-Textbook Lawsuit
Publishers Wiley, Cengage, Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education have won a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a seller of fake textbooks. Book Dog...
Virginia Governor Opts for OER
The governor of Virginia has approved a bill requiring all public higher education institutions in the state to take steps...
Professor Who Pleaded Guilty to Assault Is Dead
Richard Morrisett, a professor of pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin, was found dead in his home Thursday...