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Remedial Plus
A community college in Chicago finds that study groups can dramatically improve passage rates. But faculty worry that changes in grading rules are a key reason for the improvements.
Conflict of Interest Seen in Mortgage Study
A research report released last month by two George Washington University professors argued for weakening the role of the Federal...
Opinion
The Branch Campus Bubble?
The outposts being created around the world are vulnerable in many ways, writes Philip G. Altbach.
Accreditation at Risk
Agency threatens to terminate approval of online for-profit college in California, citing its failure to reveal problems with certifying that students met degree requirements.
The Murdoch-Oxford Connection
The University of Oxford says that there is no need -- in light of the scandal over the conduct of...
Agents Unknown
As admissions officers debate practice, study finds 60 percent of Chinese undergraduates at U.S. institutions used them -- even at institutions that don't know it.
How the Recession Re-Sorted Freshmen
New-student enrollment rose during the first few years of the economic downturn, but the institutions they chose varied by region, a new report says.
Easy A
Critics of grade inflation publish analysis finding that 43 percent of students earn As -- 10 times the number receiving Fs.