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'Inside Graduate Admissions'
What goes on behind closed doors when professors decide who should get chance to earn a Ph.D.? Author of new book was allowed to watch. She saw elitism, a heavy focus on the GRE and some troubling conversations.
Is Tenure Essential?
Panel of private college presidents, preparing list of key qualities for their institutions, see tenure as "negotiable."
Opinion
His Brother's Keeper
In a new memoir, the brother of the Unabomber tries to make sense of his own past in the context of acts of violence utterly disconnected from his own memories, writes Scott McLemee.
Reflecting on Ratings
A chief architect of the Obama administration’s College Scorecard and its recent executive actions on accreditation reflects on her tenure at the Education Department.
Graded on Looks
Study finds that attractive female students earn higher grades than unattractive female students do. For male students, looks don't seem to matter.
Humanities Job Woes
Market looks tight and getting worse for job seekers in English, foreign languages, history and philosophy. But a major social science field -- economics -- is doing a lot of hiring.
Limit on Free Speech
Appeals court rules U of Hawaii was justified in denying student teaching experience to man who was qualified academically but whose statements about adult-child sex and students with disabilities alarmed professors.
Job Openings Down in English, Foreign Languages
Faculty positions decline for third year in a row, MLA report finds.