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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...
An Upward Limit on Elite M.B.A. Tuition Rates
Harvard and Chicago business schools freeze M.B.A. tuition.
(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.
'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...
‘The Educated Underclass’
Author discusses new book in which he questions whether most colleges are living up to their claims about promoting social mobility -- and whether college degrees do enough for low-income students.
Utah Honors Staffers Despite Evidence of Botched Murder Case
The University of Utah police department honored a dispatcher and two administrators for their handling of the aftermath of a...
Report: Free College Programs Have Grown Rapidly
A report released Tuesday by the Century Foundation found that since the introduction of Tennessee's tuition-free scholarship program five years...