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With Regrets
Senior Africana studies professors at Penn pledge to skip president's dinner, saying diversity push at Penn is more talk than action.
Opinion
Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing World
Regional accreditors must respond to the rise of competency-based education or risk becoming less relevant, writes Paul LeBlanc.
Another Liberal Arts Critic
North Carolina governor becomes the latest Republican to question the value of liberal arts, push more vocational training and target the state's flagship.
Mainstreaming MOOCs
Nonelite public universities are trying to tap into the MOOC excitement to direct students toward traditional credit pathways, generating revenues along the way.
Making Room for the Majority
AAUP's new recommendations for increasing adjuncts' role in governance include job security safeguards.
It’s the Economy, Stupid
State appropriations for higher education increased in 31 states last year, according to new report, though the gains were small in most, reflecting broader economic shifts.
New Sheriff in Town
Former governor of Indiana, in first week as Purdue president, issues unusually frank letter about challenges facing higher education, urging university to become "counterexample" to the failings of academe.
UC Leader Calls it Quits
After 5 years of budget wars and battling with students, Mark Yudof will retire as president of the University of California.