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Inexorable March to a Part-Time Faculty

Adjuncts nearing half of all professors, and proportion off the tenure track grows, latest U.S. data show.

Pushback Against Perceived Power Grab

Accreditors and colleges oppose Education Department's effort to ramp up federal oversight of quality control process.

Sister Mentors

Minority women pursuing their Ph.D.'s mentor one another and young girls to keep the pipeline open at all levels.

Do We Need More Lawyers?

Debate over planned law school at U. of California at Irvine raises questions of supply and demand.

The Overflowing Composition Classroom

At community colleges, those who teach writing have far more students per semester than may be educationally sound, survey finds.

The Impact of Merit Scholarships

University’s unusual test finds that grants have significant impact on yield of top admitted applicants, but yield remains small.