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GAO Questions Assessment of Federal Technical Education Spending
The federal program that funds career and technical education gives states significant flexibility in evaluating how effectively they spend that...
Send in the Wolf
In a perilous time for many small colleges facing economic difficulties, a cadre of ex-presidents and consultants are increasingly called on to clean up the mess and set the stage for recovery.
Furor in Australia Over Insolvency of Private College
The closure Monday of an insolvent private vocational college in Australia that caters to foreign students has renewed concerns about...
The Equal Opportunity Library
Google's mammoth book digitization project means access to knowledge for minorities and the underrepresented, scholars and activists said Wednesday.
NCAA Outpaces World Governing Body in Banning Controversial Swimsuit
With controversy swirling around swimmers' use of high-tech swimsuits and the stumbling approach of the sport's international governing body in...
Sports and Sustainability
Environmental initiatives are a top priority for many colleges, but they are an afterthought -- or a distraction -- for most sports programs, new survey finds.
Civil War Historians Ensnared in Hollywood Drama
Can a piece of narrative history inspired by a Hollywood screenplay be real history? That's the question raised by a...
Green Ideas
Middlebury burns biomass, UNC Chapel Hill (re)claims a new water supply, and Michigan State relies on environmental stewards.