Filter & Sort
Finding the Right Formula
Gates-funded report seeks to define and classify types of performance-based funding in 35 states, drawing tentative praise from researchers who have criticized the policies.
The New Bachelor's Payoff
Full employment of bachelor's degree holders looms amid further proof that a four-year degree has become a requirement for a good-paying job, which also comes with employer training.
Not a Small World After All
MLA report shows 6.7 percent drop in language enrollments after decades of growth.
Opinion
'Lighting Up'
Smoking is cool, sophisticated, sexy and enjoyable. Plus, it can kill you. Scott McLemee looks at a study of how students try to split the difference.
'Paying It Forward' Publishing
U. of California Press builds a new open-access publishing model around paying reviewers and subsidizing research from disciplines with less grant funding.
Who Grades Deans?
At one university, faculty are angry that the administration dumped the popular leader of a college. At another university, faculty want more say that might allow them to dump a college's leader.
Budget Building 101
A project from the Associated Colleges of the Midwest tries to bridge the divide between administration and faculty with primers on college finances.
'The Creativity Crisis'
Author discusses new book on the flaws in American science -- and the ways that government agencies and universities support it.