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Not Just a Foot in the Door
When the first community colleges sought permission to offer four-year degrees, they generally said that it would only be one...
The Politician as Chancellor
If there was not an orchestrated plan to make John Morgan the next chancellor of the Tennessee Board of Regents...
Hunting Out West
The strategy may not be new, but few expected it to come out of Cobleskill, N.Y. As an economic downturn...
British Exam Howlers
One student has inadvertently invented a new name for the phenomenon: "Confusionism." In fact, the third-year student had intended to...
Chicago Mayor Wants to End Open Admissions
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is calling on City Colleges of Chicago to end open admissions. A shift away from open...
Canada Seeks to Block MCAT Fingerprinting
Canada's privacy commission is seeking a court order in that country to block the collection and storage of fingerprints of...
Instructor in India Wins Right Not to Wear Burqa
An instructor at Aliah University, a Muslim institution in India, has won the right not to come to class in...
Who Gets Bumped?
A steady stream of reports from faculty groups warns of the consequences of having too large a share of sections...