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Are American Students Lazy?
Adjunct's column, comparing them unfavorably to her foreign students, sets off debate over work ethic.
Charges Detailed on Fired Texas Tech Coach
Texas Tech University on Saturday released an affidavit from an athletic trainer saying that he was told by Mike Leach...
Bleak News on the Front Lines
PHILADELPHIA -- Already down hundreds of job openings, the Modern Language Association discovered, at its annual meeting here, that it...
New Limits on Outside Pay at Harvard Teaching Hospitals
The new year brings new limits on outside pay that senior officials at two teaching hospitals affiliated with Harvard University...
Tweetup at the MLA
PHILADELPHIA -- A tweetup -- that is, a gathering of Twitter users -- tends to be a casual affair, more...
Success With Textbook Rental
Students at two Texas universities where bookstores have been part of an experiment to offer textbook rental options have generally...
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Job crisis broadens. After MLA reports collapsing market for language professors, history and economics groups reveal huge drops in faculty positions.
Kalamazoo Tries to End Baptist Board Rule
Kalamazoo College, founded in 1833 as a Baptist institution, long ago dropped its religious affiliation. But The Detroit News reported...