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Community Colleges May Collaborate to Save on Health Insurance
Eleven community colleges in Illinois are considering a plan to join forces on health insurance so that their larger pool...
Connecticut Governor Seeks Higher Ed Governance Overhaul
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday proposed an overhaul of governance of higher education. He would create a single...
Dream On
Critical evaluation of influential community college student completion initiative suggests that understanding barriers to success is not enough to solve them.
Reform for Student Health Plans
The U.S. government says it will include student insurance plans in the health care overhaul, in some cases requiring colleges to strengthen their coverage for students.
Report Questions Validity of Measures of Students' Need for Remediation
The predictive value of the tests that most community colleges use to decide which students should need developmental courses before...
Could Be Worse
As House leaders propose cuts in 2011 spending, programs important to colleges and students would fare comparatively well (so far).
Questioning the 'Citation Advantage'
What if everything you knew about the incentives for publishing in an open-access journal was wrong? That is the provocative...
U. of Kentucky's Tribute to Coal
When the University of Kentucky announced that its new basketball dormitory would be named, at the request of donors with...