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Funding Boost for NIH
National Institutes of Health would see increase of more than 4 percent next year under a Senate budget measure drafted Tuesday. The maximum Pell award would also grow.
Stop Blaming Professors
Study finds that the more students engage with faculty members and academics, the more their political views moderate. Student activities are what appear to encourage those already leaning left or right to tilt further.
Symbolic Slap at Social Sciences
U.S. House passes funding bill that would increase overall support for NSF, but send a message of disdain for some social science research.
Limbo for CCSF and Its Accreditor
As the clock ticks down on City College of San Francisco, powerful politicians weigh in and threaten to shut down an accrediting commission.
Letting Go in Louisiana
Louisiana lawmakers wanted more authority over the state's top higher education official. Now, some want to give it back.
Many Comments, Few Surprises
As public comment period ends for the administration's "gainful employment" proposal, for-profit colleges and supporters blast the rules as an overreach; critics of the industry say proposal doesn't go far enough.
Nowhere to Go
Gainful employment will leave fewer options for underserved students, finds a study the for-profit industry commissioned. It also gives hints about a possible legal challenge.
Pushback on Australian Fee Hike
Opposition grows from institutions and students to government's plan to uncap university tuitions and impose interest rates on student loans.