Ph.D.

Academia is the most slippery of slopes

Getting a Ph.D. is not the only way to continue learning.

By Angela Radulescu | Feb 16 10:02 pm ET

Academics expand with globalization, contract with budget cuts

When Barnard history professor Owen Gutfreund, the popular, long-time director of the school’s urban studies program, was denied tenure in December 2007, many students and faculty argued that he deserved better. But in fall 2008, Gutfreund received news suggesting his fate had been rewritten.

By Scott Levi and Amber Tunnell | May 9 09:47 pm ET

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