Tufts report on Sackler giving offers a cautionary tale for dealing with controversial donors; a new approach to testing may help students; and more.
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Seasoned fund raisers who have read the independent report say they are surprised that the university courted the Sacklers even as Purdue Pharma’s legal troubles mounted and it signed an agreement that gave the company a big say in shaping an academic program. (PREMIUM)
An accounting professor, who has long worried about how much students forget after taking an exam, trades midterms for weekly quizzes and additional homework. (PREMIUM)
Indiana University’s Observatory on Social Media seeks to understand how information spreads online and identify accounts that purvey misinformation.
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