Filter & Sort
The 'Tyranny' of the Top 5 Economics Journals
Economics is a field in which there has long been a strong hierarchy among journals. A new study by the...
Academic Minute: Telling Stories of the Enslaved
Today on the Academic Minute, Susanna Ashton, professor of English at Clemson University, explores the story of Samuel Williams. Learn...
3 Share Nobel Prize in Physics
Three researchers were this morning named winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventions in laser physics. Half...
Kavanaugh Course at Harvard Called Off
The law school at Harvard University announced Monday that Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, will...
Judge: Harvard Trial Should Proceed
University and those suing it both lose bids for a legal victory without a trial.
Test-Optional Momentum
Bowdoin is about to hit 50 years without requiring SAT or ACT. More colleges are following suit, and University of California announces it will study whether value remains in admissions testing.
Rethinking Artists as Investors
Should artists make more money for their work? In today's Academic Minute, New York University's Amy Whitaker describes a way...
Admitting Those Who Don't Look Like You
Panel at NACAC takes on practices it identifies as reinforcing racism and white privilege in college admissions and counseling.