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For-Profits Battle on Many Fronts
Sector turns to ads, rallies and big Washington names to fight Congress and the Obama administration.
Berkeley Plans to Cut 5 Sports to Shave Deficit
The University of California at Berkeley announced Tuesday that it would eliminate five sports teams in an effort to save...
Libraries Make it Personal
Some colleges look to put a face on the library by assigning undergraduates "personal librarians."
Correction: Looking West
A Sept. 24 article on for-profit colleges that are exploring changes in regional accreditation mistakenly reported that both universities owned...
Around Washington: College Prices, Student Data
President Obama signals concern about rapidly rising tuitions; GAO reports on state records systems and student privacy.
False Ideal?
Virginia's "restructured" universities are billed as examples of autonomous public colleges, but some say state has broken pledges and raided their funds in budget crunch.
'College Admissions for the 21st Century'
Robert J. Sternberg, the new provost of Oklahoma State University, has just finished a five-year term as dean of arts...
Science R
Colleges and universities reported $54.9 billion in spending on science and engineering research and development during the 2009 fiscal year...