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Academic Minute: Older Adults, Exercise and Arthritis
Today on the Academic Minute, Dorothy Dunlop, professor of medicine at Northwestern University, examines whether being active is enough, or...
Sweet Briar Debt Rating Upgraded
Sweet Briar College’s long-term debt rating has moved up a notch, with S&P Global Ratings issuing an upgrade Wednesday because...
Gains for Female Students in M.B.A. Programs
M.B.A. programs, in which male students have long been in the majority, are making progress in enrolling greater numbers of...
Movies and Government Officials
Are government employees treated differently by the movies than in popular opinion? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Dayton's...
Narrowing the Terms of Tenure
University of Arkansas professors want to stall a vote on system policy changes they say would upend the definition of tenure. Many fear the system is trying to focus on the vague concept of collegiality.
Divest Responsibly
Barnard unveils criteria it will use to evaluate whether a fossil fuel company is a good or bad actor worthy of its investment. An emphasis is on climate science.
GOP Pushes Ahead on Higher Ed Act
Republicans on House education committee -- with little patience for complaints over rushed process -- advanced out of committee an expansive update to law governing federal aid programs.
Higher Ed Bill's Implications for Digital Learning
The U.S. House of Representatives education committee was set to advance legislation Tuesday that would drop the Higher Education Act's...