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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.
Tweetup at the MLA
PHILADELPHIA -- A tweetup -- that is, a gathering of Twitter users -- tends to be a casual affair, more...
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...
Words to Banish ... and Words to Use
Lake Superior State University on Thursday issued its annual "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use...
The Other National Championship
While college football fans watched bowl games last week, chess fans were monitoring the Pan American Intercollegiate Chess Championship, generally...
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...
Success With Textbook Rental
Students at two Texas universities where bookstores have been part of an experiment to offer textbook rental options have generally...
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...