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New Data on Saving for College
For 21 percent of Americans, saving for college for a child or children was the top savings priority in the...
$100M for Columbia Business School
Henry R. Kravis, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., has donated $100 million to Columbia University's business school --...
Community Colleges' Day in the Sun
WASHINGTON — The long-awaited White House Summit on Community Colleges came and went Tuesday without any monumental legislative or policy...
Mixing Work and Play on Facebook
Purdue U. creates a learning-management system that meets students on their turf and puts them in charge.
Newly Tenured ... at Eastern Connecticut, Western Kentucky
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Eastern Connecticut State University --Alita Cousins, psychology--Melanie...
Union Hypocrisy?
NEA leaders criticize colleges that make deals with for-profit higher ed, but NEA does its own such deal.
Nobel in Chemistry
The 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly this morning to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki...
When Less Is More
Changes in essay requirements to apply to MIT and Penn reflect sense among admissions officers that students don't need to write a book (or even 1,000 words).