By Scott Jaschik. Administrator says it is "reverse racism" to seek more diversity in the names of buildings. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The New York Times marked Presidents' Day with a survey of the American Political Science Association’s Presidents and Executive Politics section, asking members to rank the presidents of the United States. Presidents Lincoln, Washington and Franklin Delano Roosevelt took the top three spots, as they did in the last survey, in 2014. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Many studies have shown that traditional-age, residential college students are no longer the norm in higher education. A study being released today builds on that by arguing that independent students (those without parental support) are the new majority. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses new book about how World War I created a brief period of progress for female scientists in Britain -- and the implications of that history for women in science today. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The study (abstract available here), "Why Are Professors 'Poorly Paid'?," uses data from the Current Population Survey to compare the salaries and other characteristics of those with Ph.D., Ed.D., J.D. or M.D. degrees. Those who reported their profession as "postsecondary teacher" were compared to everyone else. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Rhodes Scholarships, arguably the most prestigious scholarship program in the world for graduate study, have been awarded to students from an ever growing number of countries for study at the University of Oxford. But on Monday the Rhodes Trust announced that a new scholarship would be open to students from anywhere in the world. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The Tennessee Historical Commission on Friday rejected a request from Middle Tennessee State University to rename Forrest Hall, The Tennessean reported. More...