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Higher Ed Groups Back Guidelines for Student Learning
More than two dozen college associations, accrediting agencies and other organizations have endorsed a set of guidelines that they say...
Boston College Ordered to Turn Over More Oral History Records
A federal judge on Friday ordered Boston College to turn over to the government, to provide to British authorities, documents...
Senator Plans Bill to Limit Federal Funds at For-Profit Colleges
Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, is today planning to introduce legislation that would limit the federal funds going to...
Economic Downturn and Alcohol Consumption
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Miami's Michael French explores the link between the health of the economy and...
Why Doctorates Get Delayed
New study documents relationship between job market and time to degree in the humanities and social sciences, but it’s not as straightforward as many speculate.
State Support Slumps Again
Continued economic strain and expiration of stimulus funds drove 7.6 percent drop in aid to higher education in 2011-12, the largest in more than 50 years, annual study finds.
Report Documents Status of Women in College Sports
An annual survey of the status of women in intercollegiate athletics finds record numbers of female athletes and teams, coaches...
No New Exemption on Birth Control Rules
In a decision disappointing to many Christian and Roman Catholic colleges, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced...