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Loose Canon
A graduate student discovers that a 19th-century novelist who has been hailed as an early black female writer was actually white.
New Battlelines
NYU, the first private institution to reach a contract with a T.A. union, may try to make that pact its last.
Frugal Foundations
Support fell by more than 10 percent in 2003, to $14.3 billion, but education remained the top category for grants.
Summers Seeks a 'New Chapter'
Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard's embattled president, apologized to faculty members Tuesday not only for his comments about women and science...
Data, not Speculation, on Female Scientists
A report about physics suggests that women are leaving the field early, between high school and college.
Paying for Shabazz
Carnegie Mellon said the university never provided funds for a hateful speaker. But one of its research centers had pledged support.
The Maryland Blend
A state university system's bid to help undergraduates finish in four years is expected to lead to a boom in "hybrid" distance education.