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I Am Curious (Yellow)
They die a thousand times, and heroes only once -- but nobody analyzes them. Scott McLemee consults the first history of cowardice
Repeat Non-Completers
A study of 4.5 million non-first-time students found that only one-third have earned a degree after six to eight years.
Finding a Student's Calling
In a sign of the times, a college cuts its pastoral staff from 2 to 1, to move one of the clergy to the career center to provide a different type of guidance to students.
Confusion on Competency
Audit critical of the Education Department's review process for alternative to the credit hour raises questions about direction of federal policy and could discourage some colleges.
Uncertainty After Autonomy
As deadline to call for an unlikely vote to override NCAA governance shift approaches, many question whether the five wealthiest sports conferences' newfound authority will lead to any major changes.
Freedom Creep
New books on academic freedom and free speech argue that the most serious threats to academic freedom and free speech are coming from within higher education.
Newly Tenured ... at Elizabethtown, U. of Minnesota Crookston
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Elizabethtown College Justin Badgerow, music David Bowne...
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Ministers, Not M.B.A.s
Graduate education in the humanities may need reform -- but the changes cannot treat the PhD as a high-end professional credential, writes Johann Neem.