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Mick Zais Picked for Deputy Secretary of Education
The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell (Mick) Zais as deputy secretary of education. Zais most...
Toronto Professor Who Made Racist Remark Resigns
Michael Marrus, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto, resigned from a senior fellowship after making a...
Professor Allegedly Prompts False Report of Shooter
The University of Southern California went into lockdown Monday afternoon after a faculty member told students -- wrongly -- that...
Scholars Renew Calls for U.S. to Fund Research on Gun Violence
Mass shooting in Las Vegas is latest incident to raise question of why federal agencies avoid studies that might illuminate policy.
After Settlement, Youngstown Will Let Convicted Rapist Play Football
Ma'lik Richmond, the Youngstown State University football player convicted of a high-profile rape in high school, will remain on the...
Climate Change and Fighting HIV
How does food scarcity affect the treatment of HIV? In today's Academic Minute, part of Climate Change Week, Pennsylvania State...
Beyond ‘Bad Apples’
Do explosive corruption charges involving the basketball programs at six universities make it harder to ignore the possibility that the problems are systemic? University presidents weigh in.
The CIA Within Academe
Book documents how foreign and domestic intelligence agencies use -- and perhaps exploit -- higher education and academe for spy operations.