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Extended Relief for Student Borrowers (and Lenders)
Congressional leaders agree to extend for a year the "temporary" law that has been credited with ensuring availability of federal student loans.
Mismatched Minorities?
U.S. civil rights panel explores whether affirmative action leaves many black and Latino students more likely to fail in math and science.
Newly Tenured ... at UNC Asheville, U. of Notre Dame, Washington U. in St. Louis
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: University of North Carolina at Asheville Joseph Berryhill, psychology...
Reforming the Requirement-Free Curriculum
Brown U. considers how to improve students' educational experience -- while not taking away their freedom. Among the strategies: e-portfolios and being overt about priorities.
Blogger Beware
Yeshiva U. was proud of its non-traditional recruit to head its honors program -- until debate about the mission emerged and his anonymous blog was discovered.
Online Learning, Upscale (and Scaled Up)
New company from founder of Princeton Review aims to meld prestige of selective colleges with for-profit techniques. First up: U. of Southern California’s master’s program to produce teachers.