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Justice Dept. Studies Blackboard-Angel Deal
The Justice Department's antitrust division is investigating the purchase by Blackboard of Angel Learning, one of its rivals in the...
U. of California Harshly Rebuts Threat of Tougher State Regulation
It would be "absurd" for the State of California to alter its Constitution to strip the University of California of...
Paying for Campus Health Care
At college health gathering, a packed house hears encouragement for the idea of requiring all students to be enrolled in a single insurance plan.
The Mystery of Faculty Priorities
Does it make economic and public policy sense for professors to spend more time on research? Two scholars review the evidence and find more theories than answers.
Climate Report
About three-fourths of colleges are meeting their reporting deadlines under a national pledge to reduce carbon emissions.
Simplification Is ... Complicated
Gathering of policy makers and researchers reveals widespread agreement that financial aid system should be streamlined -- but offers little confidence that it will be.
Calif. Legislature Turns Up Heat on Universities
As legislators in California took steps to toughen their regulation of one of the state's two major university systems, they...
U.S. Eyes For-Profit Colleges in New Round of Rule Making
Having just brought the curtain down on a series of negotiations over possible changes to federal rules governing higher education...