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Cut and Run Athletics
To avoid unprecedented NCAA penalties, colleges are eliminating teams that underperform academically to try to keep Division I status. Does this run counter to association's academic reforms?
Britain Reconsiders Whether Applicants Must Report Criminal Convictions
Britain's student admissions service is reconsidering requirements that students must report certain criminal convictions when applying to universities. The Guardian...
Sports Spending Continues to Soar, NCAA Study Finds
Sports programs in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's upper echelon saw their operating budgets grow by 11 percent a year...
The Best and Worst of College Rejection Letters
An article in The Wall Street Journal reports on the best and worst approaches (from would-be students' perspective) to college...
Dead Programs Walking
Amid economic downturn, colleges are taking a tough look at program viability and institutional priorities. There's still little consensus, however, about how best to decide which programs are essential.
'Resilience'
Kenneth Oldfield and Richard Greggory Johnson met at a meeting of the American Society for Public Administration, and became friends...
Swine Flu Hits Several Campuses
U. of Delaware reports 10 probable cases. Several colleges call off student trips to Mexico or bring students home early.