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Turtle Research Group Takes Back Award After Complaints Against Researcher
The Herpetologists’ League rescinded its Distinguished Herpetologist award to Dick Vogt, a professor at the Brazilian Institute for Amazon Research...
Harvard Official Apologizes for Comments on Video
A Harvard University administrator is apologizing for comments she made to a neighbor, who shared a video of the comments...
Nonprofit National University System to Purchase For-Profit Northcentral U
The nonprofit National University System announced today that it plans to acquire the for-profit Northcentral University, which specializes in online...
Wealth Shock
Losing your wealth can have devastating consequences. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Michigan's Carlos Mendes de Leon examines...
Is There a Right to Know a College Might Close?
After Mount Ida College closure, Massachusetts proposals grapple with whether colleges should disclose shutdown possibilities and when regulators should step in.
Free Digital Textbooks vs. Purchased Commercial Textbooks
Open educational resources have saved students millions of dollars, but can they also improve students’ grades?
Washington University Names Next Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis announced Saturday that its next chancellor will be Andrew D. Martin (right), dean of the...
For Fate of SAT Writing Test, Watch California
More top colleges drop requirement and University of California is studying the test, which College Board defends. Plus, more colleges go test optional; controversy over math scores on SAT. Update: Michigan drops essay.