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Time to Reset Tuition?
Deep cuts in tuition rates are a hot topic for private college administrators worried that their high sticker prices are scaring away students, but experts warn against gimmicky strategies.
Opposition to Trump-Backed Immigration Bill
Bill would seek to slash legal immigration levels in half. And while graduates of U.S. universities would get an edge in obtaining employment-based green cards, the number of green cards available would not increase.
Caltech Professor Found Guilty of Harassment Resigns
Christian Ott, a California Institute of Technology professor whose harassment of female graduate students was documented in a BuzzFeed News...
‘Dealing With Dysfunction’
New book tries to help readers cope with that faculty colleague who never liked a new idea or offered to help.
Philosophy Group Moves Meeting Out of Texas
Another academic association has dropped Texas as a location to host its conferences. The Public Philosophy Network’s 2018 conference will...
Elsevier Expands Footprint in Scholarly Workflow
Elsevier’s acquisition of Bepress’s institutional repository platform is heralded as a smart move for the publisher, but not all of Bepress’s customers are impressed.
Academic Minute: Bacteria
Today on the Academic Minute, Megan Dobro, assistant professor of human biology at Hampshire College, explores how we’re learning more...
Senate Passes GI Bill Update
The Senate unanimously passed an ambitious update to the Post-9/11 GI Bill Wednesday, just over a week after the House...