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How This Year's Frosh Will Make You Feel Older
The class of 2011 is arriving at campuses all over -- and inspiring plenty of professors to wonder why the...
Course Shopping and Its Meaning
As debate grows over whether students are adding and dropping too many classes, study of L.A. community college district offers in-depth look at data.
A Ranking That Would Matter
Political science journal publishes plan that would let would-be graduate students evaluate programs on something more important than reputation: whether they can land a good academic job.
U. of Phoenix Case Lurches Toward Trial
Federal judge declines to dismiss lawsuit accusing the mammoth university of defrauding the federal government of many millions of dollars.
In Second Life, There's No Fallout
Robert C. Amme, a research professor of physics at the University of Denver, thinks there aren't nearly enough scientists with...
New Rankings Controversy -- Over Community Colleges
Washington Monthly, known for ratings that tweak U.S. News, devises formula to pick top two-year colleges -- and methodology is promptly attacked.
Why Students Read Textbooks (or Don't)
The adage that a picture is worth a thousand words may hold true for textbooks. Research presented Saturday in San...