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  • The Example Nobody Follows
    Inside Higher Ed

    The Example Nobody Follows

    Starting next season, the Ivy League will further limit time demands on college athletes, enacting a pair of new rules similar to those the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s wealthiest conferences failed to adopt earlier this year.

    Jun 10, 2016

    'Universities in a Dangerous World'
    Inside Higher Ed

    'Universities in a Dangerous World'

    During the time attendees have been gathered for the biennial Scholars at Risk congress, news broke that a professor from Montreal’s Concordia University has been imprisoned in Iran. A leader of a Pakistani law college was shot dead by unknown assailants on motorcycles. An Israeli sociology and anthropology professor was among those killed in an attack by Palestinian gunmen on a Tel Aviv restaurant and shopping complex.

    Jun 10, 2016

    Small, Rural Colleges Grapple With Their Geography
    Chronicle of Higher Education

    Small, Rural Colleges Grapple With Their Geography

    The route Google Maps recommends if you’re headed to Ferrum College from the west involves what may be the loneliest and most roller-coaster-like stretch of roadway ever to earn a state route number from Virginia. It’s a narrow ribbon of pavement with no center line, a twisting trail you drive imagining that if you go over the edge, weeks could pass before anyone found the wreckage. Only at the other end do you spot a yellow sign that reads, "GPS Routing Not Advised."

    Jun 10, 2016

    The More You Click Photos, the More You Enjoy
    New India Express

    The More You Click Photos, the More You Enjoy

    A study by Alixandra Barasch of the Wharton School is the subject of this article on increased satisfaction when photographing experiences. 

    Jun 10, 2016

    Service Robots Are Coming to Help Us
    Phys.org

    Service Robots Are Coming to Help Us

    Mark Yim of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is quoted on how robots can be commercially viable.

    Jun 9, 2016

    $1,300 to Take One Test? Med Students are Fed Up
    The Washington Post

    $1,300 to Take One Test? Med Students are Fed Up

    Before heading out into the field, U.S. medical students must prove they can translate years of training into actual patient care. They have long had to pass a series of time consuming, arduous exams that judge their grasp of the concepts and practices central to being a doctor.

    Jun 9, 2016