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Where No Researcher Wants to Be
U.S. senator singles out U. of Cincinnati psychiatrist as symbol of what's wrong with corporate entanglements in biomedical science.
Torture and Tenure
Civil liberties group organizes campaign to have controversial legal scholar fired. Some academics who find his views repulsive line up to defend him.
Scars in the Classroom
A new book focuses on students who cut themselves -- and write about it for English class.
Das Ende for German at USC
Scholars are outraged by Southern Cal's decision to eliminate department. Do European languages need to be cut to make more room for Arabic and Chinese?
Division IV is Dead
NCAA panel tables idea of subdividing Division III, citing results from survey of members. But the study revealed significant lingering tensions among the nearly 450 not-so-like-minded colleges.
When Students Pay for Convenience
Colleges confront swapping schemes in housing and course registration.
Professor for Hire
A one-time health professional and clinical professor saw only one way out of her postdoctoral financial woes: high-class prostitution.