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Ohio State Drops Mascot From Gay Pride Parade
Ohio State University has dropped plans to have its mascot, Brutus Buckeye (right), march in a gay pride parade in...
OCR Letter on Gender Equity in Career/Tech Ed
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has published a letter to high school and college officials on gender...
Study: Many Colleges Don't Measure Test Validity
Many colleges require standardized tests of applicants but fail to conduct research on whether the tests in fact predict college...
Academic Minute: Self-Continuity
Today on the Academic Minute, Corinna Loeckenhoff, associate professor of human development at Cornell University, delves into whether our age...
Elite Australian Universities Argue for Moderating Enrollment Growth
A group of Australian research universities known as the Group of Eight issued a policy paper on Wednesday calling for...
Another Isis Changes Its Name
The University of Oxford's technology transfer office is changing its name, partly for branding reasons, but also because "Isis Innovation"...
Examining Why Female Students Leave Engineering
After starting out in engineering, women are less likely than men to stay in the profession. But rather than a...
Education Department's Loan Servicing Criticized by GAO
The service the U.S. Education Department provides to student loan borrowers is "poor" in several areas and needs significant improvement...