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Why medical researchers believe they’re in more trouble than we think
Success rates for grant applications aren’t the whole story. Many scientists actually say they’re deceptive.
Academics talk research reform
If American research universities aren’t already in crisis mode, they’re getting close, according to some government, business, and academic leaders who gathered in Baltimore on Thursday to address a host of funding and policy issues they say are undercutting what should be a vibrant scientific climate.
Naval Academy ranked top liberal arts college
ANNAPOLIS — U.S. News & World Report has ranked the U.S. Naval Academy as the best public liberal arts college in the country for the second consecutive year. The Annapolis […]
Banning water bottles on campus harder than it looks
Like many students at the University of Maryland, College Park, freshman Sree Sinha hopes for a better future. Sinha and other members of UMCP’s Residence Hall Association Sustainability Committee recently […]
To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or […]
St. John’s stays true to liberal arts focus
ANNAPOLIS — The economic downturn has not been kind to liberal arts schools. Middle-income families with depleted portfolios are fleeing to public colleges. To some, the very term “liberal arts” […]
Inside the First Amendment: Students’ religious speech at issue again
Just when First Amendment principles seem to be working in public education, new fights over student religious speech threaten to reignite culture-war battles in schools across the country. It’s little […]
Maryland’s top-paid employees found at colleges
Out of 148,362 people who were paid any sort of salary by the state of Maryland in fiscal 2010, about 3 percent of them made six-figure salaries. According to a […]
Maryland immigrant in-state tuition bill advances
ANNAPOLIS — A measure allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition rates at Maryland passed the Maryland Senate on Monday. The bill passed 27-20 still must be approved by […]
Maryland senators clean up immigrant tuition bill
ANNAPOLIS — A panel of Maryland senators is hoping a series of nighttime tweaks will help shepherd a plan to grant in-state tuition to illegal immigrants through the Senate. The […]
Universities bringing students home from Egypt
Dozens of students at mid-Atlantic universities have either been pulled out of Egypt or are on their way home amid political unrest that threatens to topple the government. The Associated […]
Sharfstein: Regulators need better tools
BETHESDA — Biotechnology companies and area universities need to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to make regulatory agencies effective and to keep the industry vibrant, government and higher […]
