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Spoonful of Sugar
When pressing students to pay $1,000 surcharge, Wisconsin-Madison promised them a say in how money would be spent. That's made hike easier to swallow.
Pittsburgh Mayor Wants to Tax College Tuition
Luke Ravenstahl, mayor of Pittsburgh, is proposing a 1 percent tax on college tuition, hoping to raise millions to help...
Threat to Faculty Free Speech
3 years after Supreme Court decision about the rights of public employees, AAUP sees peril for professors' freedoms and starts campaign to establish new institutional protections.
University in Brazil Reverses Expulsion Over Skirt
Bandeirante University, in Brazil, on Monday announced that it was reversing the expulsion of a student who was kicked out...
Newly Tenured at ... Clarion, Emory, NYU
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Clarion University --Valerie Bennett, biology--Ellen Foster, English--Young-Gyoung...
Shifts in Grad Enrollments
Figures for first-time students who are from the U.S. are up 6 percent; new international numbers are flat, with significant variation by country.
New Web Site for Veterans
The American Council on Education has launched a new Web site, Today's GI Bill, to help veterans learn about the...
Berkeley Senate Endorses Resolution on Sports Funding
The Academic Senate at the University of California at Berkeley backed a non-binding resolution last week that calls for an...