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Bleak Outlook for State Finances
"States are current facing one of the worst, if not the worst, fiscal periods since the Great Depression." With that...
Report: California Master Plan Needs Rethinking
Nearly 50 years after adopting its celebrated Master Plan, California’s vision for higher education has become “less cohesive,” and the...
Felony Charges Against College Police Chief
Kevin Segawa, who is on leave as police chief at Mt. San Jacinto College, has been charged with eight felonies...
The Battle of Pittsburgh Continues
Pittsburgh's City Council on Wednesday voted to delay by one week a final decision on the idea of a 1...
CBO Scores Alternative Loan Plan as Saving $75 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that a legislative alternative to President Obama's plan to end student lending through the...
U.S. Approves New Stem Cell Lines for Researchers
The National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday that it had approved 13 new "lines" of embryonic stem cells to...
Advice for Trustees on Conflicts of Interest
This won't be news to anyone in Illinois, but college trustees and regents need to pay attention to conflicts of...
Global Competition for Doctorates ... and Hockey
The economic downturn has led some leading American universities to scale back Ph.D. programs, but other countries are moving in...