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Student Work Hours: Up and Down
Time spent on the job increased sharply from 1970s through 1990s, then held steady until a dramatic drop in 2009, study finds.
Museum Will Offer M.A. for Science Teachers
The American Museum of Natural History, in New York City, is starting a 15-month master of arts program in teaching...
Rare Push to Fire Tenured U. of California Professor
The University of California Board of Regents this week will consider a proposal to fire a tenured professor, a rare...
King Day Debate at Washington and Lee
Washington and Lee University will hold classes today, over the objections of students who wanted classes called off to observe...
Chesapeake Dead Zone
In today’s Academic Minute, Johns Hopkins University's Rebecca Murphy explores how decades of pollution control efforts are paying off for...
Price of Success
City Colleges of Chicago have a 7 percent graduation rate. If that number doesn't go up, the system's chancellor, presidents and trustees could lose their jobs.
The NCAA's New Rules
Division I board takes action -- sort of -- on its controversial scholarship rules, and Divisions II and III ease recruiting restrictions.
No Identity Crisis
At Elmhurst College, most applicants are answering an optional question about sexual orientation.