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Guidance or Spin on Affirmative Action Rulings?
Education Department cautions colleges on what they must do to justify considering race in admissions decisions -- and some accuse department of try to discourage diversity efforts.
Rethinking Student Aid, Radically
College Board panel calls for consolidating college tax breaks and grant programs, creating college savings accounts for the needy, and (most controversially) ending interest subsidies on student loans.
For Florida Community Colleges, Who Should Pay?
Officials debate whether proposal to allow local taxes will provide needed funds or just favor wealthier districts while letting the state off the hook.
Newly Tenured ... at North Central, SUNY Albany, Valparaiso
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: North Central College (Ill.) Nancy Keiser, education Steve Macek...
AFT and AAUP Announce Joint Organizing Campaign
Faculty and staff at public research universities will be the focus of drive to expand collective bargaining.
On Stopping Student Drinking, a Salivary Solution?
North Idaho College's new policy calls for using alcohol test strips to determine if students in its (dry) dorm have been drinking.
FAFSA Frenzy
As economy takes a dive, students are applying for financial aid in greater numbers, leading to reported shortfall in Pell Grants.