An Incomplete Dream on the Academic Fringes
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Would-be student athletes who enrolled at a Miami prep school to boost grades in order to earn college scholarships struggle after school closed following a New York Times report.
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Students and professors from different disciplines are collaborating in the study of the environmental ramifications of production and consumption.
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Teaching online isn't unusual, but professors are taking advantage of Linden Lab's 3-D metaverse to shape meeting spaces to their needs and provide an added dimension to learning. By Daniel Terdiman.
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An academic real world -- plus, a chance to win $1,000.
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College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.
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The BBC's Mike Baker looks at the report that UK degree classifications have outlived their usefulness.
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Sabbaticals Â once considered the exclusive bailiwick of academicians, who are often granted an entire year to pursue research Â now come in many sizes and shapes.
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Petersburg Times. The deep thinkers are at it again. They are pondering. They are studying. They are working overtime to solve a problem that can not be fixed.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker unravels the trends in university applications.
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It was not entirely a bad decision. I don't think that I could have joined academia or government research after finishing my doctoral work in 1974.
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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Recent experiments show how hard it can be to balance academic success and socioeconomic and racial diversity.
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I find it telling that the "progressive" movement does not define itself in terms of destination or principle, but in terms of direction. I think we are in a window right now, but that window is closing.
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A survey of academics suggests many believe university standards have been 'dumbed down' due to funding shortages.
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Analysis Fragmentation and US indifference
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,  - Harvard University students:  overachieving, bookish bores or repressed party animals? A  little of both, it seems.
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At the Ivy Leagues, dance is not often taken seriously as an academic discipline. Two professors are working to change that.