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Academic Minute: Copper Reduces Infections in Hospitals
Today on the Academic Minute, Shannon Hinsa-Leasure, associate professor of biology at Grinnell College, explores whether changing the surfaces you...
Adjuncts Included in Unemployment Guidance
The Labor Department has updated its guidance for temporary unemployment in ways that adjunct advocates say may make it easier...
‘No Certificate of Global Citizenship’
Amid turn toward nationalism, global educators consider their work.
Amherst Acts on Probe of Cross-Country Team
Amherst College announced Monday that it has imposed suspensions on some but not all members of the men's cross-country team...
Hashtag Campaign to Urge Protection of Title IX
Two advocacy organizations launched a hashtag campaign Monday called #DearBetsy to urge President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary to...
DeVos Confirmation Hearing Delayed
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate education committee announced Monday night that the confirmation hearing of Betsy DeVos...
Energizing the History Survey
Professors say even introductory courses should make students think like historians.
Activism and Academe
Can faculty members be politically engaged advocates? New book -- Civic Labors: Scholarly Activism and Working-Class Studies -- argues that they can.