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A Global Agenda
Attendees at Unesco World Conference on Higher Education, the second such gathering, will discuss "new dynamics" and persistent challenges -- including expanding access and combating degree mills.
Consortiums, Collaboration, Centralization ... Conflict?
At business officers' meeting, economic pressure prompts more talk of cooperative arrangements among colleges -- with caveats about when they work and when they don't.
Colleges, Granted Flexibility, Increase Endowment Payouts
Colleges in most states have, since a national change made in 2006, been granted the authority to spend endowment money...
Assessing Accountability
Most states have room for improvement when it comes to evaluating the performance of colleges and notifying the public of results, a new study finds.
Colleges Make It More Expensive to Pay With Credit Cards
Colleges are making it more expensive for families to pay tuition bills with credit cards. USA Today reported that a...
Double Standard at Emory?
University has been accused of looking the other way at professors with conflicts of interest with pharmaceuticals. But it told a professor who criticized the industry to stop using university ID on his blog.
5,500 Pound Slab of Fudge
Lansing Community College appears to have set a new world record for the largest slab of fudge. The Lansing State...
Supreme Court Punts
Justices opt -- for now -- not to resolve dispute over right of public universities to bar anti-gay bias and right of Christian groups to be recognized as student organizations.