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Reforming the Requirement-Free Curriculum
Brown U. considers how to improve students' educational experience -- while not taking away their freedom. Among the strategies: e-portfolios and being overt about priorities.
Online Learning, Upscale (and Scaled Up)
New company from founder of Princeton Review aims to meld prestige of selective colleges with for-profit techniques. First up: U. of Southern California’s master’s program to produce teachers.
Grave Concerns on the New GI Bill
At Congressional hearing, lawmakers grill the Department of Veterans Affairs on its outsourcing plans, and question whether it will meet its tight timetable for implementing the program.
'Race and Class Matters at an Elite College'
Among the sub-debates in the debates over affirmative action are questions over the relative significance of race and class. A...
Blogger Beware
Yeshiva U. was proud of its non-traditional recruit to head its honors program -- until debate about the mission emerged and his anonymous blog was discovered.
Different Measures of Community College Outcomes
Six states test new set of performance measures in response to the limitations of the federal graduation rate formula.