Recently, a leading editor at a major academic press said bluntly that she wasn’t aware of any breakthrough scholars in U.S. history under the age of 50. In response, I mentioned several names of ...

For the next little while on College Admissions Insider, we're doing a deep dive into academic disciplines one episode at a time. So far, we've covered sciences, mathematics, the arts, and humanities.

The role of an academic advisor is to assist, not make decisions for students. Professional academic advisors (ie college advisors, or academic advisors) provides student academic advising for all or ...

In the past few episodes of College Admissions Insider, we've covered academic disciplines one by one. So far, we've covered sciences, mathematics, the arts, humanities, engineering and management. We ...

Academe needs to create a discipline in election science to help respond to the issues raised by electronic voting machines, said Merle S. King, chairman of the department of computer science and ...

Learning how to conduct accurate, discipline-specific academic research can feel daunting at first. But, with a solid understanding of the reasoning behind why we use academic citations coupled with ...

Nanotechnology is multidisciplinary and encompasses knowledge from many different fields of study, including physics, engineering and materials science. Although nanotechnology's impact in various ...

In 2016, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) adopted a policy change related to expectations regarding faculty qualifications. By the time of our next HLC comprehensive review, which will occur in ...

Research Staff perform, direct, or supervise research; manage business operations related to a specific research project or group of research projects; and execute other related duties as required.

Fashions in academe may be a bit more durable than those of Paris couturiers, but, like hemlines, the popularity of disciplines rises and falls. Much in vogue at the moment, right up there with ...