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Academic Minute: Infrastructure Spending
Today on the Academic Minute, Steven Pressman, professor of economics at Colorado State University, examines whether gridlock in Congress will...
Debate Over Hawaii-Themed Party at U of South Dakota
Law students at the University of South Dakota planned a "Hawaiian Day" party but changed the name of the event...
132 Layoffs at Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University announced 132 layoffs on Friday, including 29 faculty members, The Moline Dispatch reported. Officials cited financial challenges...
U of Minnesota Suspends Ties With Huawei
The University of Minnesota suspended ties with the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, the Associated Press reported. Huawei is facing federal...
NIH Seeks Information on Researchers’ Foreign Ties
The National Institutes of Health recently sent letters to dozens of U.S. research universities asking them to provide information on...
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.