This Week in Higher Ed: Nov. 28, 2016
‘Anti-American professors’ A conservative nonprofit group called Turning Point USA recently started a project called “Professor Watchlist,” a list of about 200 college professors deemed “anti-American” ...
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‘Anti-American professors’ A conservative nonprofit group called Turning Point USA recently started a project called “Professor Watchlist,” a list of about 200 college professors deemed “anti-American” ...
‘Not your language’ A student at Suffolk University in Boston was accused of copying parts of an assigned literature review, prompting her to write a blog post on microaggressions that went viral, ...
College Republicans all split up over Trump College Republicans at universities across the country are struggling to remain united over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, according to a Sept. ...
Faculty members have approved a winter term, called Wintersession, that will feature 10 accelerated courses in January 2017. Spanning three weeks, the courses are not “standard semester courses,” ...
Enrollment in the University’s master’s programs has increased by 112 percent since fall 2007, while enrollment in doctoral programs has increased by only 5 percent. These numbers likely reflect the ...
Over the last five years, the number of computer science degrees awarded has risen by over 200 percent, increasing from 40 in 2011 to 100 last spring. For some computer science concentrators, learning ...
Three pieces of breaded chicken from the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall on Chicken Finger Friday packs in 430 calories, according to the Brown Dining Services’ nutrition website. One serving of vegetarian ...
In July 1960, Jane Goodall packed her bags and traveled from England to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, where she began what would become her lifelong project and passion: a 55-year study of social and ...
Jane Goodall took the stage Monday night wearing a bright purple shawl and a necklace bearing a symbol of the African continent. “I would like to start off by bringing into this space the voice of the ...
University researchers have found a way to grow a brain in a Petri dish. About a third of a millimeter in diameter, these “mini-brains” are composed of neurons and supporting cells that form synaptic ...
Editors' Note: This story contained numerous factual errors that came to light after its publication. The gravity of these errors is such that the story is unfit for publication, and the story has thus ...
In 2013, 46 of every 100,000 jail inmates committed suicide, marking nearly four times the suicide rate for the total U.S. population, according to a report published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. ...
This profile is part of a series focused on Brown faculty members and students engaged in science and research, with the purpose of highlighting and making more accessible the work being pursued at all ...
“My first semester of freshman year I was so scared that I would fail my first computer science class,” said Sachin Pendse ’17. “But when I started thinking about coding as something creative ...
Over the past few years, the University has seen a significant rise in the number of departments offering fifth-year master’s programs that are exclusive to Brown students. Sixteen programs currently ...
Looking at bright screens before bed can impair sleep quality, especially among children between ages nine and 14.7, according to a study by University researchers, which was published online in the Journal ...
This article is the third in a three-part series exploring the history and current state of women’s role in STEM education. “I ask myself this constant stream of questions: have I proven myself? Do ...
University biologists recently discovered a specific gene in human males that may be essential to sperm production later in life. In a study published in the February issue of the journal Stem Cells, ...
An extrovert can be classified as one of two types: the “affiliative” people person who finds reward in connecting with others and the “agentic” high flyer who pursues social interactions in order ...
A paper authored by University researchers and published in this month’s issue of the journal Cognition examines the relationship between social psychology and cognition. “Although social psychology ...