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A No-Risk Tuition Increase?
With a projected $700 million cut on the horizon, California's community colleges could increase tuition with no impact on most students, new report says.
Surprising Source of Grade Inflation
Virginia's high-stakes high school test -- and incentives used to get students to take it -- may have driven up grade point averages of college applicants from the commonwealth, study finds.
Student Drinking and Drinking-Related Deaths Are Increasing
The rates at which college students engage in binge drinking and drunk driving and die in alcohol-related incidents are all...
Shooting the Messenger?
One day a contingent faculty member complains about pay. The next day he's fired and escorted off campus.
Auf Wiedersehen
German programs are finding themselves on the chopping block -- leaving language scholars frustrated.
Out of the Loop
International survey finds that American faculty members don't feel that they have much influence over key aspects of higher education and most feel they haven't seen major improvements in working conditions during their careers.
Free Textbooks, Big Price for 'Bama
The University of Alabama is paying the price for abuse of a free textbook program it offers its scholarship athletes...
Taming Thirsty Thursdays
Students without class bright and early on Fridays drink heavily the night before, new study confirms.