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Resignation of Entire Journal Editorial Board
The entire editorial board of the scholarly journal Building Research & Information announced Friday morning that it is resigning to...
Learning From Mistakes
It pays to learn from your mistakes. In today's Academic Minute, Emory University's Samuel Sober explores which part of our...
Admissions Leaders Take a Stand
Some school districts have threatened to suspend students who join protests for tougher gun laws. Admissions leaders at MIT and elsewhere tell applicants such suspensions won't be held against them.
Overconfident Students, Dubious Employers
A new study identifies the gaps between graduates' views of their skills and the views of those who hire them.
Does Tenure Process Keep Professors Focused on U.S.?
Authors discuss their new book that suggests American higher education -- especially in the social sciences -- is less globally minded than rhetoric might make you think.
New Presidents or Provosts: Cabrillo College, City College of New York, Cheyney U of Pa., Florida A&M U, Indiana State U, Middle Georgia State U, Silver Lake College, Tulsa CC-Northeast, U of Connecticut
Jon Anderson, professor of management and former deputy provost at the University of West Georgia, has been selected as provost...
Canceling Plans for a China Campus
Dutch university calls off ambitious branch campus in China amid both practical objections to the campus plans and principled concerns about academic freedom.
Tuition-Free, With Strings
Advocates for free college worry that residency, course-load and drug-testing requirements will keep the neediest students out of state programs.