Bowdoin Receives Huge Donation of Art
The Bowdoin College Museum of Art has announced a donation of 320 works of art from the collection of Dorothy and Herbert (Herb) Vogel. The Vogels are legendary in the art world for the way they built...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Trees and Ant Defenders
In today’s Academic Minute, Elizabeth Pringle of the University of Michigan reveals how some tropical trees pay armies of ants to defend them against herbivorous pests. Learn more about the Academic...
View ArticleSUNY Outlines First Degrees in Its New Online Initiative
Open SUNY -- through which the State University of New York plans to take existing online programs in the 64-campus system and to build on them, making them available for students throughout the system...
View ArticleReport Documents Ties Between Libraries, University Presses
Ties between libraries and their institutions' university presses are growing, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Association of American University Presses. A report issued with the survey...
View ArticleMichigan Will Review Procedures for Terrible Weather
Last week, campuses throughout the Midwest shut down due to dangerously cold weather, but the University of Michigan remained open -- to the frustration of many of its employees and students. Now the...
View ArticleWest Virginia Chemical Spill and Colleges
A “Do Not Drink” ban was put in place Thursday after a chemical spill contaminated a West Virginia river, leaving 300,000 people -- and several campuses -- without safe tap water. The University of...
View ArticleYale Professors Move to Create Faculty Senate
The Yale University Faculty of Arts and Sciences has voted to form a faculty senate. The faculty was one of the last of its kind in the Ivy League not to have a senate or similarly formal...
View ArticleU.S. Urged to Give Incentives to States on College Funding
The federal government should create a matching grant program to reward states that maintain and increase their funding for public colleges, by linking the maximum Pell Grant awarded to students in...
View ArticleFederal Judge Orders Removal of Malaysian Professor From No-Fly List
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to remove the name of Rahinah Ibrahim, a professor and dean of the architecture and engineering school at the University of Malaysia, from the no-fly...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Sonification of Data
In today’s Academic Minute, Jeff Stanton of Syracuse University reveals efforts to represent large data sets using sound. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleGrocery Store's Ad Angers Howard U. Students
A branch of Giant, a grocery store chain in the Washington, D.C., region, produced a circular to promote shopping by Howard University students returning to campus from break. The ad ended up offending...
View ArticleCity U. of New York Names U. of Nebraska Leader as New Chancellor
The City University of New York on Wednesday named James B. Milliken, president of the University of Nebraska system, as its next chancellor. Milliken heads the four-campus Nebraska system, which,...
View ArticleU.S. To Release More FAFSA Data, May Open Form To Web Developers
The U.S. Education Department plans to provide guidance counselors and state agencies with more information about students who are filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the...
View ArticleEarning College Credits in High School Speeds Degree Completion
About 23 percent of students who receive college credit while still enrolled in high school obtain an associate degree within two years, making them far more likely to do so than peers who do not earn...
View ArticleAppropriations Bill Doesn't Bar Political Science Grants
The compromise appropriations bill that has passed the House of Representatives and is awaiting Senate approval does not contain the measure in last year's bill that barred most National Science...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Race and Workplace Satisfaction
In today’s Academic Minute, Melissa Sloan of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee explores the role of race in determining workplace satisfaction. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleChina Detains Dissident Scholar
China has detained a Uighur scholar who has challenged the government on its treatment of ethnic minorities, The Wall Street Journalreported. Ilham Tohti, an economist at Minzu University of China, was...
View ArticleWyoming Trustees Appoint President, Bypassing Policy on Consultation
The University of Wyoming's Board of Trustees on Thursday gave Interim President Richard McGinity the job on a permanent basis, seemingly bypassing a university bylaw requiring consultation with a...
View ArticleSpending Bill Includes Open Access Legislation
Tucked away on page 1,020 of the 1,582-page spending bill winding its way through Congress, Section 527 of the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014’’ would make taxpayer funded research publicly...
View ArticleIn a First, International Student Enrollments Fall in U.K.
The number of international students from outside the European Union at U.K. universities fell by 1 percent in 2012-13, the first decline since record-keeping began in the mid-'90s, Times Higher...
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