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Equal Start, Less Equal Progress in Social Sciences
Women begin post-Ph.D. careers with same success levels as men, but face significant differences in terms of work-family balance, new analysis finds.
Is There a Pharmacist in the House?
In response to overwhelming demand for graduates, more institutions create pharmacy colleges.
No More Idle Hands
With students doing more registration and book buying online, Michigan State and other colleges question whether a full week of orientation is turning into more of a party than an educational experience.
How Americans Pay for College
Survey of parents and undergraduates breaks down families' expenditures on college and their expectations for what they will get in return.
Realities of Dual Careers
Survey of top research universities finds 36% of full-time faculty have academic partners, but study doesn't find many formal hiring policies.
Tolerant Faculty, Intolerant Students
Seeking to respond to critics of perceived lack of intellectual diversity on campuses, Georgia higher ed system conducts statewide survey and finds the problem isn't professors.
What Your Frosh Know (and Don't)
It can be depressing or humorous to realize that new students never experienced key moments in the history or culture...