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Academic Minute: Footprints of Homo Erectus
Today on the Academic Minute, Kevin Hatala, postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, determines whether the...
Default Rates of 11 Colleges Are Adjusted
The U.S. Department of Education adjusted the cohort default rates of 11 institutions -- including one that was subsequently exempted...
Report: Free Public College Will Be Costly for States
Free four-year tuition at public universities would create significant new costs for states, according to a report released Friday by...
Japanese Cell Biologist Wins Nobel in Medicine
Yoshinori Ohsumi (left), a Japanese cell biologist, was this morning named winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine. He...
Senate at Lincoln U of Missouri Criticizes Provost
The Faculty Senate at Lincoln University in Missouri voted 88 to 18 Thursday that it lacks confidence in Provost Said...
What You Read Influences How You Write
You write what you read. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Florida's Yellowlees Douglas examines if reading more polished...
Ugly Response to Black Lives Matter
At a protest at East Tennessee State University, a white student shows up in a gorilla mask and taunts black students by dangling bananas at them.
Low Returns, High Pressure
Endowment spending remains under scrutiny, even as low returns roll in this year for colleges with large investment holdings.