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Davidson Turns Over a Tough Job to Goats
Kudzu is out of control on Davidson College's paths and trails, and officials fear that the growth could lead to...
Court Restores Wisconsin's Law Barring Public Unions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state's controversial new law barring most collective bargaining by public employees --...
Historians Abandon 'Precirculated Papers'
Many attendees of large scholarly gatherings complain that sessions in which long papers are read aloud rarely excite the audience...
Catholic U. Will Return to Single-Sex Dorms
The new president of Catholic University of America, John Garvey, announced Monday in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal...
Music School Will Merge With Bard
The Longy School of Music -- which operates in Cambridge, Mass., as a music school for children and a conservatory...
British University Moves to Add Junior Faculty
At a time that most British universities are announcing cutbacks, the University of Birmingham has announced plans to hire 50...
From Provost to Education Dean
Claude Steele, who left Stanford University to become provost of Columbia University two years ago, is returning to the Farm...
Where Low-Income Students Go to College
Students who grow up in poverty are nearly four times likelier to enroll in for-profit colleges than are other students...