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Outsourcing Teaching, Overseas
In Utah State degree program in Asia, "lead professors" (from Utah) design the course work and assign the grade, but "local facilitators" (from partner universities) deliver much of the course content.
Proposal Revived for Donors to Save Courses
The chancellor of City College of San Francisco, Don Griffin, has revived his plan to have donors "sponsor" courses that...
Prof Fired for Depositing Student Payments in His Account
Do-it-yourself tuition collection by professors apparently doesn't go over well at Florida Gulf Coast University. The Fort Myers News-Press reported...
Extra Credit for Abstaining From Facebook
Robert Doade, an associate professor of philosophy at Trinity Western University, in British Columbia, is among those academics who believe...
A Resignation and a Proposal
President of financial aid group quits amid charges related to past position, as student aid officials put forward alternative to Obama student loan plan.
U.S. Proposes New Rules on Student Loans
The U.S. Education Department proposed regulations today to carry out new federal laws governing student loans that were enacted when...
Obama Weighs in on Gates and Racial Profiling
President Obama held a press conference Wednesday evening to promote his health care proposals, but he received a question about...