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Western Governors University Inks E-Textbook Deal With Major Publishers
CourseSmart, an e-textbook retailer operated by a consortium of five major publishers, announced on Wednesday that it has teamed up...
U.S. Releases Data on Online Education Growth From 2000-2008
The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday released an analysis of online education among U.S. undergraduates between 2000 and 2008...
Academic Minute: How Plants Reproduce
In today’s Academic Minute, Chris Martine of the State University of New York at Plattsburg discusses the pros and cons...
For-Profit Provider Files Motion to Dismiss U.S. Lawsuit Over Compensating Recruiters
Education Management Corp. today asked a federal judge in Pittsburgh to throw out a whistleblower lawsuit in which the U.S...
Mumps at Berkeley
The University of California at Berkeley has reported several cases of mumps among students. Outbreaks of mumps have been relatively...
Swedish Poet Wins Nobel in Literature
Tomas Tranströmer, a Swedish poet, was this morning named winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was honored...
Brown Program Seeks to Broaden Graduate Education
Brown University on Wednesday announced a new program in which doctoral students will receive an extra year of support to...
Academic Minute: Too Many Lawyers?
In today's Academic Minute, Stephen Magee of the University of Texas at Austin discusses his effortsto calculate the optimum number...