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Powerless, or Passing the Buck?
College presidents acknowledge major problems with big-time college sports but say they can do little to effect change, new survey finds.
Competitiveness Reconsidered
Perception that it's harder to get into college is true only at small minority of institutions, study finds -- over past decades, about half of colleges became much easier to get into.
Professor to Quit After Losing Fight With U. of Alaska
A marine conservationist who has battled with -- and, it appears, lost to -- the University of Alaska and National...
South African University Reconsiders Controversial Decision
The University of the Free State, a South African institution, has been facing intense criticism over an announcement that it...
Faculty at U. of Oregon Consider a Union
Faculty members at the University of Oregon -- frustrated by their salary levels and dealings with the administration -- have...
Discouraging Jeerers
Controversial visitors to U. Chicago and Temple provoke angry crowds, inside the lecture hall.
Harvard Investigates Coffee Poisoning
Harvard University is investigating how a coffee maker in one of its medical school buildings became tainted with a potentially...