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Providence Mayor Details His Plan to Tax Colleges
The mayor of Providence, David N. Cicilline, has been floating ideas for weeks on how to get tax revenue out...
The Cost of Letting Medical Residents Get a Little Sleep
For years, various groups have urged that academic medical centers should reduce the total hours and consecutive hours that medical...
Brandeis Suspends Contributions to Retirement Funds
Brandeis University has told all employees that it will suspend for one year any institutional contributions to retirement funds. The...
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College officials who complain about the ever-growing volumes of federal regulations that apply to their institutions have a new way...
Credit Limit
Congress passes legislation that will help shield students from credit card companies' aggressive tactics, but not everyone is cheering.
Arne Duncan, Free Marketeer
Questioned on college prices by House members, education secretary suggests that students and parents will increasingly abandon high-tuition institutions for less-costly alternatives.
The Evolving Google Library
New deal with U. of Michigan offers more details on how the company plans to market the millions of digital copies of books it is creating. Will the skeptics be won over?
California Calamity
After state voters nix a budget bailout, one community college district prepares to do what two-year institutions always try to avoid -- turn away students.