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Ivy League Will Limit Full-Contact Football Practices
The Ivy League will announce today that it is imposing new limits on full-contact football practices. The New York Times...
Gains Projected in Fund-Raising
Fund-raisers at educational institutions estimate that contributions during the fiscal year that ended June 30 will be up 4.7 percent...
Education advocates rally to preserve Pell
Higher education advocates are again on the defensive in the ongoing battle over Pell Grants, which Congressional Republicans are hoping...
Academic Minute: Storing Digital Data
In today’s Academic Minute, Francine Berman of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discusses our growing need to store massive amounts of digital...
Iran May Separate Men and Women at Universities
Iran's higher education minister is studying plans that would separate men and women at the country's universities, The National reported...
N. Carolina Governor Opposes Proposal to Merge Community Colleges
Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina said Monday that a legislative proposal to combine the operations of many of her...
Canadian Faculty Union Adopts Egalitarian Bargaining Principles
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia, which represents more than 10,000 faculty members at universities, colleges, institutes and...
Colleges Doubt SAT Fairness, But Buy Names
Many of the same colleges that have ended SAT requirements, noting that wealthy students tend to do well on the...