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Adams Out at NEH
Humanities leaders had hoped to see William D. Adams, an Obama appointee, finish his term. The agency is among several targeted for elimination by the White House.
Blacklisted for BDS?
Popular Native American studies scholar who was named faculty dean at Dartmouth withdraws from position, following criticism of his past support for Israel boycott. Some fear impact on academic freedom.
U Texas Alters Admissions Rules for Valedictorians
Madison Mau, the valedictorian of a 10-student graduating class at Fayetteville High, in a 258-person town in Texas, managed to...
Attempt to Use FAFSA Tool to Get Trump's Taxes
A man in Louisiana is facing charges for in September using the Federal Student Aid Datashare system, jointly managed by...
Carpool Karaoke to the UW-Milwaukee Graduation
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee kicked off commencement day on Sunday with a video showing Chancellor Mark Mone giving...
The New History of Detective Fiction
Detective fiction has been around longer than Dickens and Poe. In today's Academic Minute, McDaniel College's Mary Bendel-Simso discusses the...
Hoax With Multiple Targets
Fake article is published, calling for the penis to be seen conceptually, not as a body organ. Debates take off about gender studies and open-access journals.
Pence and Protest at Notre Dame
Dozens walk out on his commencement speech. Vice president attacks “noxious wave” he sees in higher education.