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Clean Slate or Death Sentence?
Legislative panel seeks to close South Carolina State U. for two years. Supporters of the historically black college vow to oppose plan they fear would effectively kill the institution.
Poaching Law Students
Some law schools are going after large numbers of transfer students, seeking out new revenue and students with LSAT scores that won't count in the rankings game.
Fibbing for Rankings
Audit finds U. of Missouri at Kansas City gave false information to Princeton Review to inflate rankings of business school -- and reveals e-mails in which officials say they faced donor pressure on ratings.
Professionalism Required
Federal appeals court says Case Western's medical school has right to revoke a degree over matters that go beyond purely academic performance.
Lowering the Bar
More law schools are admitting less qualified students. Are they prepared for what happens next?
Opinion
Black Colleges Matter
Journalists love to write about how historically black colleges serve non-black students, writes C. Rob Shorette. The real story is about how essential these institutions are to black students.
Time, Money and Teacher Prep
Higher education groups take issue with how the federal Education Department estimated the cost to colleges of its proposed regulation.
Law School Trigger Warnings?
Professor sets off debate by writing that student requests to avoid discussions on rape law are limiting important parts of legal education. Some faculty say that they don't avoid the topic, but handle discussions in different ways than they do other subjects.