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A Tool for Whistle-Blowers
Union of Concerned Scientists has launched a tool for federal employees to report political meddling in science and research. It’s the latest way science advocates are responding to what they see as the Trump administration’s anti-science policies.
Confederate Flag Divisive at U Southern Mississippi
The day after a woman was killed by a far-right protester who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters...
Academic Minute: Caves Hold Clues to Climate Change
Today on the Academic Minute, Jessica Oster, assistant professor in the department of earth and environmental sciences at Vanderbilt University...
11 Research Universities Start Aid Initiative
A consortium of research universities announced today that it is starting a new initiative to provide students with grants that...
Professor Wrongly Identified as White Supremacist
Kyle Quinn, an assistant professor of engineering at the University of Arkansas, was mistakenly identified as a participant in Friday’s...
New Presidents or Provosts: Bethany College (W.V.), Chipola College, Glenville State College, Kentucky State U, U of California-Berkeley, U of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, U of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Viterbo University
M. Christopher Brown II, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at Southern University and A&M System, in Louisiana...
‘Degrees of Difference’
Author discusses new book on how the value of higher education is discussed -- and how issues of gender influence that discussion.
Your Students May Think Machines Teach Them More Than You Do
New study finds young adults believe they learn more from technology than from fellow humans. Experts say such results reinforce need for greater classroom emphasis on how to use technology to pursue knowledge.