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College Can Earn $1.1M Gift Through Weight Loss
An alumna has offered Stephens College, a women's institution in Missouri, $1 million if faculty and staff members lose a...
Abandoning an Experiment
Rice U. shuts down its digital university press -- going against recommendations of outside reviewers. With 2 other presses closing, some see growing vulnerability for small outfits.
For-Profit, Without Profit
Investors pledged to rescue a struggling nonprofit, but as its leadership keeps changing and its enrollment lags, university is on verge of losing accreditation.
A Graphic Text
A Texas Tech professor replaces traditional textbooks with a cartoon story -- and finds that students respond.
'Scoreboard, Baby'
College football is so notorious a breeding ground for controversy that it's difficult even to say what constitutes a scandal...
4 Win Fields Medals
Four scholars were named Thursday as winners of Fields Medals, awarded every four years during meetings of the International Congress...
Chegg.com Buys Course Selection Site
Chegg.com, which has become a major player in the book rental market for college students, on Thursday announced the purchase...