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ABA Backs Testing Choices on Law Admissions
The American Bar Association council responsible for overseeing legal education last week approved a recommendation that would give law schools...
Next Step in Sports Arms Race: $100K Hotel Room?
It is standard operating procedure at most universities that play big-time football for donors and rabid fans to make a...
Former Chancellor Joins Department of Education
Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined...
House Narrows Endowment Tax Proposal
An amendment to House Republicans' tax overhaul plan approved Monday shrinks the number of colleges that would be affected by...
Deep Brain Stimulation Affects Personality
Is your consciousness just neural functioning like the rest of your body? In today's Academic Minute, Dartmouth College's Adina Roskies...
Is Lenny Bruce Too Much for Brandeis to Handle?
Play about late comedian is called off amid student protests.
Off the Pedestal
Republican tax plan would cut off key source of borrowing and impose new taxes on wealthy institutions. Some see historic shift in view of elite universities from a public good worthy of sheltering from taxes to a source of funds for government.
How Academics Vote in International Rankings
Study raises questions about what those responding do or don’t know about institutions they are evaluating.