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Art Historian Gives U of Michigan $8M
Ilene Forsyth, professor emerita of art history at the University of Michigan, gifted the institution $8.2 million, one the largest...
Taking Race Out of Crime Alerts?
University of Nebraska at Lincoln is under fire by students who thought police should not have mentioned in a campuswide bulletin that two men accused of sexual assault were black, believing that it reinforced harmful stereotypes.
Men Blamed for Failure of French Effort on Hiring Female Academics
Requiring that at least 40 percent of search committee members be female was followed by a drop in hiring of women, study found.
Survey: Employers Want 'Soft Skills' From Graduates
Employers want college graduates who have “soft skills,” such as being a good listener or thinking critically, but they have...
Professor, Said to Use Students as 'Slave Labor,' Quits
Ashim Mitra has resigned his position as a tenured professor of pharmacy at the University of Missouri at Kansas City...
Reducing Food Waste
How to reduce food waste? Recycle it. In today's Academic Minute, Colorado State University's Matthew Wallenstein determines how wasted food...
Hampshire Struggles to Stay Afloat
Hampshire College, the nearly 50-year-old experiment in self-directed education, facing "bruising financial and demographic realities," looks for a partner.
Takedown of Online Education
Fully online programs widen achievement gaps and often are unaffordable, says report seeking to discourage politicians from pulling back on federal policy protections.