FAU to raise admission standards
Florida Atlantic University could lose its reputation as an easy school to get into next year. lRelated SouthFlorida.comFAU creates Theatre LabSee all related 8 The Boca Raton-based school, which had a...
View ArticleTo Rank or Not to Rank? A Conversation With Amit Mrig, Founder and CEO of ...
Welcome back! It has been a long summer... and the academic year once again is in full apogee. This pundit took the last two months off from blogging as I transitioned away from the university...
View ArticleDespite Constraints, UC Merced Enrollment Continues to Grow (University of...
(Source: University of California, Merced) Enrollment at the University of California, Merced, this fall has climbed to another all-time high of 6,685 students - an increase of 6.7 percent over Fall...
View ArticleRacism Against Asians And Asian Americans Is Prejudice You Can Still Get Away...
This country is having a national conversation around race that is long overdue. As someone who researches prejudice and racism, I'd like to add an observation to the mix: for the most part, one can...
View ArticleOhio Wesleyan to Present Award-Winning ‘Arcadia’ (Ohio Wesleyan University)
(Source: Ohio Wesleyan University) Tom Stoppard's Witty Comedy Scheduled for Four Performances Oct. 8 through Oct. 10 Thomasina coaxes Septimus away from his reading: Gabriel Caldwell, left, is...
View ArticleKnow your Chardonnay from your Chablis? Scientists reveal new secrets to...
(Source: University of Lincoln) Know your Chardonnay from your Chablis? Scientists reveal new secrets to regional wine variation Scientists reveal new secrets to regional wine variation New research...
View ArticleCFPB Summer 2015 Update (The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy...
(Source: The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies) A Publication from the Federalist Society's Financial Services & E-Commerce Practice Group 1. On June 9, 19 trade associations...
View ArticleNatl universities aim to reform quotas for special admissions
The Yomiuri Shimbun National universities should double the quota for the so-called admission office (AO) exams and recommendation-based admissions (see below) to 30 percent of overall enrollment by...
View ArticleJudge's comments on gender equality 'show problems women face in law'
Barrister Charlotte Proudman criticises supreme court justice Lord Sumption and says quotas are needed to get women in judiciary...
View ArticleDisability Insurance Has Many Safeguards Against Fraud and Abuse
Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) maintains high levels of program integrity, despite periodic claims to the contrary, and the program has many safeguards against fraud and abuse. Strict...
View ArticleA professor writes: 'I look like an LGBT engineer'
Do gay people shun engineering – or are they keeping their sexuality secret? Either way, it’s time to change the atmosphere in university departments...
View Article‘The Gray Wastes’ Are Built Upon Structures of Exclusion and Violence (ACLU -...
(Source: ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union) Last week, two different sources within two days' time voiced a very similar message about race. Both the timing and the message are particularly...
View ArticleMajor new campus sculpture uses glass and metal to evoke nature (Princeton...
(Source: Princeton University) Major new campus sculpture uses glass and metal to evoke nature Posted September 24, 2015; 12:00 p.m. by Erin Firestone, Princeton University Art Museum A newly...
View ArticleLaurier researcher finds female attractiveness negatively impacts hiring...
(Source: Wilfrid Laurier University) WATERLOO - A recent study published in Management Science by Bradley Ruffle, associate professor at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, found that while...
View ArticleChanges to maternity and neonatal services in West Wales are safe, Royal...
(Source: Welsh Government) In April 2013, Hywel Dda University Health Board's proposals to reconfigure maternity and neonatal services in West Wales were referred to the Welsh Government by the local...
View ArticleLiaison Processes Five Million Graduate Applications for Leading Institutions...
WATERTOWN, Mass., Sept. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Liaison, the leader in admissions management and enrollment marketing solutions for higher education, reached a major milestone, with more than five...
View ArticleEngineering college managements seek overhaul of admission procedure
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Self-Financing Engineering College Managements' Association has urged the government to overhaul the procedure for admission to engineering seats so that the score in the...
View ArticleUIC awarded $1.5 million for Asian American Students Initiative (University...
(Source: University of Illinois at Chicago) The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant to boost academic and social support services for Asian American and...
View ArticleExpert is as expert does: in defence of US dietary guidelines (UNSW - The...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) National dietary guidelines have become an easy target for those looking for a scapegoat for bad diets in prosperous countries, write Rosemary Stanton...
View ArticleN.J. Supreme Court relaxes standard for auto searches
TRENTON - The New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday relaxed the standard by which police officers may search an automobile without obtaining a warrant, ruling that the current test "does not provide...
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