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Posthumous Degree for Trayvon Martin
Florida Memorial University announced Thursday that it will award a posthumous bachelor of science degree to Trayvon Martin at this...
NLRB: Vanderbilt Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Instructors Aren't Managers
A regional National Labor Relations Board official this week rejected Vanderbilt University’s claim that its full-time, non-tenure-track lecturers are managers...
Opinion
Defining ‘Harm’ in the Tuvel Affair
The philosophers who sought the retraction of a colleague’s article comparing transgender identity to transracialism have done the real damage in this situation, José Luis Bermúdez writes.
Student Drops From Ceiling to Steal an Exam
A student at the University of Kentucky climbed through ceiling ducts and dropped down into a faculty member's office to...
Revenge
Everyone needs to get revenge once in a while. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Montana's Stephen Yoshimura determines...
Opinion
‘Running Out the Clock’ on Grad Unions?
Graduate student union bids at private institutions have succeeded, flopped and been challenged since a major NLRB decision last summer -- but none thus far has resulted in a contract for student workers.
Pushing Public Higher Ed Boundaries
Purdue’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries -- especially among faculty groups -- about blurred lines between public and private higher ed.
