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Leading Berkeley Through Free Speech Tests
New chancellor assumes duties amid debate over and scrutiny of university’s response to controversial speakers.
Academic Minute: The Search for Happiness and Depression
Today on the Academic Minute, Brock Bastian, associate professor in the school of psychological sciences at the University of Melbourne...
Classicists Condemn Use of Images by Racists
Many of the posters turning up anonymously on campuses, put there by groups promoting "European" ideals in ways that are...
Survey: Adults See College as Path to Better Career
A recently released survey from the University of Phoenix finds the majority of working adults view college as a way...
‘Fanny Hill’ Dropped From U of London Syllabus
A 270-year-old erotic novel has been dropped from an 18th-century literature course syllabus for fear of offending students, The Times...
Teaching Sociology in 2017
Sociologists talk about teaching in the political now, with an emphasis on critical media literacy, ground rules for a discussion and an understanding that students see sociology classrooms as somewhere to try to make sense of current events.
Hand Washing
How much lather time is enough for washing your hands? In today's Academic Minute, Rutgers University's Donald Schaffner determines the...
Supremacists on Campus
Extremist white movement is turning up on college campuses through speakers and leaflets. U of Florida and Texas A&M bracing for events in September.