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Presidential Politics and the Student Vote
Obama, Giuliani have support of 18-24 year olds, who also like idea of a major third-party candidate, twice-yearly survey from Harvard's Institute of Politics shows.
Animals in the Med School Classroom
An advocacy group wants institutions to stop using dogs and pigs as teaching tools. Some colleges no longer do, but others still defend the practice.
The Cheaper Student Loan Program?
Lenders say federal budget numbers now show that the guaranteed loan program costs the government less than direct lending. Should that change the equation?
List of Top Academic Employers Evolves
With more colleges participating, COACHE project issues new list of exemplary institutions -- and continues to find that some are not among the wealthiest or most prestigious.
Political Explosion on Undocumented Students
Furor in North Carolina -- over rights of immigrants to enroll, even without any state subsidy -- illustrates the tinderbox this issue has become.
Turmoil at a Mexican University
Months after forcing out a host of professors and administrators, the rector of an institution with close ties to U.S. colleges himself departs.
'Beyond Tests and Quizzes'
With federal and state officials, accreditors and others all talking about the importance of assessment, what's going on in classrooms...