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Academic Minute: Human Ethanol Consumption
Today on the Academic Minute: Matthew Carrigan, professor of biology at Santa Fe College, discusses a paradox -- ethanol consumption...
Landfills
How much do you know about landfills? In today's Academic Minute, Binghamton University's Joshua Reno explains how becoming more aware...
Monitoring the Gatekeepers
Obama administration continues to turn up pressure on accreditors, promising in new letter to measure the agencies against their peers and urging more focus on student achievement and troubled colleges.
All Rights Reserved
Decision to grant a publisher the right to print the writings of Aaron Swartz -- viewed by some as a martyr of the open-access movement -- sets off a debate about copyright.
Bangladeshi Professor Killed in Attack Claimed by Islamist Militants
A professor of English at Bangladesh's Rajshahi University was hacked to death on Saturday in an attack for which the...
4 Turkish Academics Who Signed Peace Petition Freed Pending Trial
Four Turkish academics who had been detained on charges of spreading “terrorist propaganda” in connection with their support for a...
Hope Board Chair Seeks to Assure Campus
Mary V. Bauman, chair of the Hope College board, sent out a message to the campus this weekend that pledged...
$5 Million for 'Freedom Centers'
As Arizona institutions continue to struggle with deep cuts to state funding, some wonder why on-campus 'freedom centers' funded by the Charles Koch Foundation could get $5 million grant.