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UNLV English Professor Fired for Plagiarism

University of Nevada, Las Vegas officials say the school has fired an English professor for plagiarism.

December 3, 2014

Students

Universities Building Again After Recession

The University of Notre Dame campus is becoming a vast construction zone, leading a building boom that’s taking hold on campuses across the country as the economy improves.

November 30, 2014

Faculty & Staff

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Professors Examine Winter Driving

People who were perfectly fine driving on snow at the tail end of winter go sliding all over the streets and highways when the first snowfall makes things slippery the next winter.

November 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Indiana University Research Center to Host Carnegie Classification System

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is transferring responsibility of the Carnegie Classification system to the Center for Postsecondary Research at Indiana University Bloomington.

November 19, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State Get Cancer Research Grant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Alabama State University have been given a federal grant to research and reduce disparities in cancer rates.

November 11, 2014

Students

Sex-Assault Program Expands to High Schools

CONCORD, N.H. ― The University of New Hampshire is expanding its nationally recognized sexual violence prevention program to a younger audience: high school students in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

November 11, 2014

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Army Trauma Expert Quit After Admitting Ph.D. Fraud

An Army statistician obtained a security clearance and worked for years on sensitive battlefield trauma research while lying about holding advanced degrees, the Army has acknowledged.

November 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Sean Decatur

Sean M. Decatur became president of Kenyon College in July 2013 after serving as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin College. As an assistant professor of chemistry at Mount Holyoke College, he helped establish a top research program in biophysical chemistry. Decatur has been a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute […]

November 10, 2014

Faculty & Staff

7 of 8 Fired Professors Returning to NYC Seminary

Seven of the eight professors who were fired in late September from the nation’s oldest Episcopal seminary are set to return to their classrooms.

November 9, 2014

Students

Short-Term Certificates Might Not Be the Best Bet

A study of sub-baccalaureate programs in Washington state found that short-term certificates, which can be earned in less than a year, for the most part showed only small economic returns.

November 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Judge Seeks Firing of Iowa State Professor

A judge has recommended the firing of an Iowa State University math professor, blasting his teaching style and lack of research and service after hearing the disciplinary case against him.

November 6, 2014

STEM

San Francisco State Encouraging Underrepresented to March Forward, Give Back

The university aims to boost the proportion of underrepresented minorities who are biomedical and behavioral sciences majors in the annual graduating class to 40 percent.

November 4, 2014