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U.S. Publishes Final Rules on Student Privacy Law
The U.S. Education Department today published final rules to update the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, making relatively few...
Rapprochement in Duke China Policy
Months after faculty members voted down plan to charge foreign students U.S. tuition for program entirely abroad, a scaled-back program wins approval.
'Opting Out'
New book argues that black students at elite colleges still cluster in low-paying fields such as education and social work -- and that universities are partly to blame.
Academic Minute: Infants and Language
In today’s Academic Minute, Jill Lany of the University of Notre Dame explains the complex nature of an infant's ability...
Penn Professor Wins Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Barbara D. Savage, a professor of history and American social thought at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named winner...
Who is Being Occupied?
At the New School, not all activists felt welcome in the movement or appreciated its taking over study center. Still, administration gave protesters lots of room, and managed to regain spaces without police force.
Penn State Pledges $1.5M to Fight Sex Abuse of Children
Pennsylvania State University, still reeling from the recent sex-abuse scandal, announced Thursday that it will give $1.5 million to groups...
Summoned to the White House (Update)
Obama invites small group of college presidents for a discussion on access, affordability and productivity.