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Farm Bill Includes Wins for Colleges
The $867 billion farm bill passed by Congress this week includes important wins for land-grant institutions, especially historically black colleges...
DeVos to Cancel $150 Million in Student Loan Debt
The Education Department said Thursday that it would carry out part of the Obama administration's 2016 borrower-defense rule, automatically canceling...
Professor Intervenes to Save Student from ISIS
A chemistry professor at Sweden’s Lund University intervened to rescue a doctoral student from an Islamic State warzone, The Local...
Hagfish
Dealing with predators is a fact of life for most species. In today's Academic Minute, Chapman University's Douglas Fudge delves...
A Direct Contradiction
Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration's new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.
Heavyweight Showdown Over Research Access
University of California System is playing hardball with Elsevier in negotiations that could transform the way it pays to read and publish research. But does the UC system have the clout to pull it off?
Academic Minute: Hagfish
Today on the Academic Minute, Douglas Fudge, associate professor of biological sciences at Chapman University, delves into the hagfish and...
Japanese Medical School Apologizes for Legacy Admissions
The head of a Japanese medical school apologized for giving preference in admissions decisions to children of alumni, The Japan...