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More Peril for Pell
As Congressional Republicans lay out plan to slash trillions from the budget deficit in 2012 and beyond, need-based aid and research spending could face cuts.
New Effort to Place Humanities Ph.D.'s in Non-Academic Jobs
The American Council of Learned Societies has started a new fellowship program that will place eight recent humanities Ph.D.s in...
From Journalism to 'Journalism Plus' at Boulder
The University of Colorado Board of Regents may vote this week on a plan to shut down a free-standing journalism...
Academic Minute: 'Thinking Time' for Children
In today’s Academic Minute, Maureen Maiocco of the State University of New York at Canton explains why children often benefit...
More Patients, Less Pay
Salaries of female counseling center directors lag those of males, according to an annual survey of directors. And for the first time, more students are being treated for anxiety than for depression.
Ambition Beyond Athletics
Drake plans to offer formal leadership training to all of its team members — and will soon take its football players on a service-learning trip to Africa.
Newly Tenured ... at Anna Maria, Denison, Misericordia, Saint Joseph
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Anna Maria College --Carl Moxey, biology Denison...
The Enduring Gender Gap in Pay
Female faculty members earn 6.9% less than male colleagues, even after accounting for most of the factors cited in the past to explain discrepancies.