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When and Why Professors Retire
Provosts at state university meeting consider why some faculty members leave when others don't, and the role of incentives.
Accountability System Launched
State universities unveil template and announce first participants in effort to inform and assure public and policy makers; University of California opts out.
A Small Step Toward Transparency
A quarter of invited colleges -- including a few with below average results -- let USA Today publish their "student engagement" results in a national database. Where were the others?
Defining Academic Freedom for 2007
AFT statement aims to reflect – and to promote strategies for fighting – challenges of faculty life today, especially off the tenure track.
Accountability and the Applicant
On anniversary of Spellings Commission report, efforts to provide more information to prospective students proliferate.
Office Hours: Coming to a Computer Near You
The days of coming in to see the professor aren't over, but some courses at traditional colleges are experimenting with virtual office hours and help in real time.
YouTube Studies
Pitzer College class is both dedicated to and cataloged on the video-sharing Web site.
Ideas to Shake Up Publishing
Unusual study leads to proposals for university presses to collaborate, to broaden definition of "academic publishing," and to build online capabilities.