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Who's Intolerant?
Reed College engages in soul-searching over students’ shouting during lecture by director of Boys Don't Cry, arguing that the acclaimed film should have featured transgender actors.
Think Tank Trouble?
University-affiliated research centers face a fight for funding and an assault on experts, but few think institutions will be able to resist future ventures.
Funding Lost for Key Arabic Program
Loss of federal funding for highly regarded program has one scholar asking, “What’s our strategy here?”
Big Data, Big Challenges
Speakers at meeting for graduate deans warn about the pitfalls of big data-driven research.
Cambridge to Continue Tradition of Public Grades
Academics and senior administrators at the University of Cambridge have voted in favor of keeping the centuries-old tradition of publicly...
Columbia Graduate Employees Vote to Form Union
Graduate students who are teaching and research assistants at Columbia University have voted, 1,602 to 623, to unionize and to...
Deal Ends Protest in Georgetown President's Office
Students occupied the president's office at Georgetown University Thursday night and stayed until Friday night, when they reached an agreement...
Georgia Southwestern Police Officer Killed
Jody Smith (at right), a police officer at Georgia Southwestern University, was killed last week while providing requested backup to...