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High Student Debt at Harvard Theater Program
Alumni of a master's program in theater affiliated with Harvard University are raising questions -- as is the U.S. Education...
Preventing Terrorist Attacks
Why have we failed to stop recent terrorist attacks around the world? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Maryland's...
Opinion
Calling Attention to a Postdoc's Struggles and Suicide
Author of a scientific paper fought for years to find a journal to accept his work, which has an acknowledgments section that includes a tribute to a colleague.
Harvard Goes Outside to Go Online
Three schools at the oldest university in the United States team up with 2U to start an online program in an emergent field.
Academic Minute: Preventing Terrorist Attacks
Today on the Academic Minute, Gary LaFree, professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland, asks why...
Shaking Up Law School Admissions
Georgetown and Northwestern announce they will accept GRE, not just LSAT. But ABA may move in ways that limit the option and that some fear would impede diversity efforts.
Importing Apprenticeships
In the push to expand “earn-while-you-learn” programs, what lessons can the U.S. take from approaches in Germany and Switzerland?
Warnings on a Different Kind of For-Profit
Century Foundation cautions that nature of public university deals with online program managers could undermine the institutions’ financial stability and their students’ data.