Arizona State plans for-profit spinoff to court students in work force; research goes awry, in 2 cases; how neoliberals neutered lit study; and more.
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Alan B. Krueger, a titan in the field, died by suicide last weekend. As colleagues mourned, they also noted an academic culture that makes disclosing mental illness difficult.
The chief backer of the venture, which has not been previously disclosed, is an investment fund that was headed by a financier charged in the admissions-bribery case. PREMIUM
Parents resort to bribery to land their children at elite institutions. Employers treat degrees as indicators of “soft skills.” Both developments could devalue college in the public eye.
The university has played down its shortcomings in overseeing the work of a prominent child psychiatrist, but newly obtained documents show that the institution acknowledged its lapses to federal officials.
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