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Slow Progress on Public Reporting of Colleges' Learning Outcomes
A report released today finds that colleges are sharing more information with the public about their efforts to measure student...
Chinese Parents Want Doogie Howsers
Parents are encouraging the growth of programs in China that enroll prodigies in universities many years before traditional college age...
Fund-Raising Records for Universities in Europe and Canada
The Universities of Cambridge and Toronto have just announced fund-raising records for universities in Europe and Canada, respectively. Cambridge announced...
Academic Minute: End-of-Life Transitions
In today’s Academic Minute, Joan Teno of Brown University examines the usefulness of the stressful transitions faced by the elderly...
Plane Crash Kills 2 Oklahoma State Coaches
A plane crash Thursday night killed Kurt Budke, the women's basketball coach at Oklahoma State University, and the assistant women’s...
Oxford U. Press Takes on Florida's Governor
The best give-aways at the book exhibit of the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association this year -- to...
Penn State Developments
Among new developments and articles of note on the Pennsylvania State University scandal: Rodney Erickson, who was named interim president...
Students in Colombia End Boycott of Classes
Student leaders in Colombia have called off a month-long boycott of classes, the Associated Press reported. The students agreed to...