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Canadian Professors Lose Fight Against Google E-Mail
An arbitrator has rejected the grievance of the faculty union at Lakehead University, in Ontario, that the institution violated professors'...
Schwarzenegger Wants More Part-Time Faculty at Community Colleges
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new solution to the budget problems at California's community colleges: more part-time instructors. The governor...
New Critique of Those Who Love to Criticize Academics
A new report by Free Exchange on Campus, a coalition of groups opposed to David Horowitz's "Academic Bill of Rights"...
Fighting Confidentiality in Library Contracts
The Association of Research Libraries has adopted a policy discouraging members from agreeing to confidentiality clauses in the deals they...
Oklahoma State Lost $282M, Must Defer Sports Project
When T. Boone Pickens donated $165 million to Oklahoma State University in 2006 to build a state-of-the-art athletics "village," athletics...
More Fallout in Illinois Admissions Scandal
A key legislator is calling for the resignation of B. Joseph White, president of the University of Illinois, and other...
New Effort to Attract Black MBA Students
The Graduate Management Admission Council announced a new campaign Friday to recruit more black students into M.B.A. programs and to...
Analysis of Private Student Loan Borrowers
Borrowers with lower total educational debt were much likelier to borrow private student loans instead of Stafford loans than were...