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Innovation Crowded Out
For the second time in four years, Education Department cancels open grant competition for higher ed reform, as Congressional and White House priorities eat up the budget.
Giving to Education Fell 5.5% in 2008
Education organizations received $40.9 billion in donations in 2008, down about 5.5 percent from the previous year, according to "Giving...
Location, Location, Location
Why do some public colleges always seem to fare better on state appropriations than others? Research helps, but so does a campus in a Democratic state.
Protests Over Layoffs of Tenured Faculty at Florida Atlantic
Faculty leaders at Florida Atlantic University are protesting a planned reorganization of the engineering college that will result in the...
Not-So-Secret Agents
When it comes to international students, the still-controversial practice of paying commissions to recruiters gains greater acceptance, and visibility.
McKeon, Top Republican on House Education Panel, Moves On
Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon, the senior Republican on the House of Representatives education committee, is leaving the panel to...
Liberal Arts, Behind Bars
Wesleyan University plans to start offering for-credit courses for prisoners.
Federal Probe on Decker College Ends Without Charges
Federal investigators have ended a probe of the closure of Decker College without bringing charges, the Associated Press reported. Decker...