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Educational Culture Clash
Complaint by black college against distance education university raises question: Do limits on program duplication make sense in the online era?
Protecting Grad Student Employees
AAUP releases plan to add due process and other rights -- including more information about renewal of assignments -- to its statement on academic freedom.
Steep Hill to Climb
Lacking major push for college access like that envisioned by White House and others, enrollments would grow by only 13 percent through 2018, far short of President Obama's goal, U.S. study finds.
Faculty Call for Walkout at U. of California
Hundreds of faculty members and others at University of California campuses say that they will not be in class next...
Presidents Push for Global Health
Major research university presidents speak out on new and growing global health programs at first-ever meeting of a new consortium.
Economy Sinks, Default Rates Rise
U.S. data show 6.7 percent of student loan borrowers failed to repay their loans in 2007-8, up from 5.2 percent the year before.
Freed Scholar Recounts Ordeal
Haleh Esfandiari’s imprisonment in Iran stirred concerns among scholars, and her story shows a government deeply suspicious of academe.
New Outlet for Sharing Science
Leading universities, frustrated by shrinking space in mainstream media for research coverage, decide to go right to the public with their news.