Northwestern University

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The NLRB punts on whether student athletes are employees—but not for the reason you may think.

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

Even bad basketball programs make the NCAA tournament once a decade just due to sheer randomness and dumb luck. So why have the Northwestern Wildcats never qualified?

Colleges have used internships as a way to prepare their students for the professional world, but they’re also collecting tuition for unpaid programs.