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Community Colleges and Learning Outcomes
A new paper from the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment examines the role of measuring student learning outcomes at...
Adjunct Group Starts Offering Health Insurance
The New Faculty Majority, a national group for those faculty members who work off the tenure track, has started offering...
Academic Minute: Race and 'Passing'
In today’s Academic Minute, Vanderbilt University's Daniel Sharfstein examines the long history of racial assimilation in the United States and...
High-Profile Sallie Mae Enters Low-Profile Tuition Insurance Market
A big name in student finance is entering a market that has been populated mostly by under-the-radar players: the practice...
Google Launches Research Institute in Germany
Humboldt University, Berlin's oldest university, announced Monday that Google is setting up a research institute there, the Associated Press reported...
Push to Protect Non-Tenure-Track Law Profs
An American Bar Association panel reviewing standards used to evaluate law schools is leaning toward requiring more job protection for...
Court Backs Right of University to Discipline for Facebook Comments
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the right of the University of Minnesota to discipline a student in a...
Court Strikes Down U.S. Requirement on State Approval for Online Programs
WASHINGTON -- A federal court today invalidated a recently implemented U.S. Education Department regulation that requires colleges and universities that...