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The Nudges That Didn't Work
A large project sought to determine if information and reminders could change the college-going patterns of high-ability, low-income students. The patterns didn't change.
Professor Who Called Students Fat and Joked About Shooting Them Resigns
Hikmet Budak resigned his endowed chair in plant sciences and left Montana State University after an internal investigation determined that...
Professor Accused of Calling a Student a ‘Terrorist’
Dimitris Achlioptas, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is on leave as the...
Does This Research Have an Agenda?
Report attacks Koch-funded Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University as a pro-fossil-fuel-industry idea launderer. University and Koch deny the charge.
Legal Challenge to Arkansas's New Tenure Policy
Revisions to the University of Arkansas system’s tenure policy violate faculty due process rights in retroactively modifying contracts, according to...
The New Anti-Trump Trope in Commencement Speeches?
Is there an emerging trope for referencing President Trump in commencement speeches? At Northeastern University in May 2016, John Kerry...
Figure in Admissions Scandal Will Plead Guilty
Federal prosecutors on Friday announced that Steven Masera, who served as accountant and chief financial officer for Edge College and...
Ohio State Revokes Emeritus Status of Sexual Abuser
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, in a unanimous vote, revoked the emeritus status of Richard Strauss, a former...