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The Trouble With Classics Continues
New video shows exactly what was said during a heated discussion at the annual gathering of classicists in January. Does it change anything?
Southern Vermont Is Latest Small College to Close
Southern Vermont College announced Monday that it is closing. It becomes the latest in a string of colleges -- generally...
Green Infrastructure to Reduce Water Pollution
Overflowing sewers are a problem in many cities. In today's Academic Minute, part of Swarthmore College Week, Arthur McGarity explores...
UC Drops Elsevier
After months of negotiating over open-access fees and paywalls, the University of California System follows through on threat to cancel its journal subscription deal with Elsevier.
Can Chapel Hill Take a Joke With a Point?
University removed a student's satire website on race relations -- and restored it only after faced with legal pressure.
Anger at Tennessee Over Blackface Photo
Even amid public debate over the offensiveness of blackface images from decades ago, some students today continue to pose in...
Democratic Take on the Higher Education Act
Senate education committee's top Democrat, Patty Murray, says new higher ed law must take comprehensive approach and tackle college affordability.
Academic Minute: Green Infrastructure and Water Pollution
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Swarthmore College Week, Arthur McGarity, professor of engineering and environmental studies, explores options...