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A Community College Divided
At Thomas Nelson, a president who outraged faculty elsewhere runs into trouble again -- and leaves an institution split over priorities, race and right to dissent.
Student Activists Atwitter
It's not just Barack Obama's campaign that's taking advantage of energetic young activists and social networking technologies. A peek at the Republican college movement.
State Agencies Get Creative on Student Loans
As usual sources of financial backing dry up, Illinois and North Carolina loan providers work with state credit unions to ensure continued flow of funds to student borrowers.
The Truly Interdisciplinary Search
Michigan Tech decides that to break out of the departmental mode, a university needs a different approach to faculty hiring.
Newly Tenured ... at Georgia Tech, Utica College, Washington U. in St. Louis
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: Georgia Institute of Technology Keith Edwards, interactive computing Charles...
General Education in the City
Temple U.'s new curriculum is built around interdisciplinary study and tied together by themes -- including the "Philadelphia Experience."
'Teach Them to Challenge Authority'
Stanley Fish may be telling academics to keep their opinions to themselves, but Gregory S. Prince Jr. thinks it is...