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UW Madison to Pay $32 Million Over Patent Contract
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the patent-licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin at Madison, was ordered to pay...
Swastikas Spray-Painted in Jewish Scholar's Office
Elizabeth Midlarsky, a Jewish professor who is a scholar of the Holocaust, found two large swastikas spray-painted in her office...
Hockey Pucks to Fight Shooters on Campus
Oakland University, in Michigan, is distributing hockey pucks to faculty members and some students for use against active shooters on...
Government and Social Media
The government is now a troll on social media. In today's Academic Minute, the U.S. Air Force Academy's Douglas McKechnie...
Faculty Vote to End Israel Study Abroad
Pitzer professors seek to suspend the college's program at University of Haifa as study abroad becomes target for supporters of Israel boycott.
Code Switch
A coding boot camp and a liberal arts university share instructors and accreditation to create a new computer science degree, aimed at making graduates of both institutions more employable.
Digital Learning News in 'Inside Higher Ed' This Week
Among the topics: unusual partnership between liberal arts college and coding camp; joint degrees in nursing; new life for an accreditor.
Q&A: Making Sense of Universal Design for Learning
The concept applies to more than just disability issues. A new book helps contextualize the growing educational approach and offers a road map to adoption even skeptics will appreciate.