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Is Affirmative Action in Decline or Out of Control?
Dueling studies arrive -- one seeing colleges moving away from consideration of race and one drawing attention to the use of race.
Falling Behind
Faculty salary increases fall behind inflation -- plus lists of the universities, liberal arts colleges and community colleges that pay the most.
From Blue Books to Secure Laptops
Some colleges are experimenting with software that turns laptops into digital blue books, which could spell the end of the dreaded exam scribble.
Helping Community College Students Beat the Odds
Hudson Valley finds that combining and coordinating various student services yields unusually high retention rate.
Support for Report on 'Rethinking' Student Aid
There's a maxim in journalism that a reporter has probably struck an appropriate balance in an article about a disputed...
Do-It-Yourself Transcripts
Rutgers, following lead of U. of California, will have applicants submit their own grades and the university will check them only after decision to enroll. Is this the wave of the future?