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The Branch Campus Bubble?
The outposts being created around the world are vulnerable in many ways, writes Philip G. Altbach.
Remedial Plus
A community college in Chicago finds that study groups can dramatically improve passage rates. But faculty worry that changes in grading rules are a key reason for the improvements.
Academic Minute: Snowy Owls
In today’s Academic Minute, John Fitzpatrick of Cornell University explains what we can learn about climate change by observing Snowy...
Easy A
Critics of grade inflation publish analysis finding that 43 percent of students earn As -- 10 times the number receiving Fs.
How the Recession Re-Sorted Freshmen
New-student enrollment rose during the first few years of the economic downturn, but the institutions they chose varied by region, a new report says.
'The Fall of the Faculty'
Faculty members feeling besieged by, well, take your pick -- increased scrutiny of their productivity and the relevance of their...
Agents Unknown
As admissions officers debate practice, study finds 60 percent of Chinese undergraduates at U.S. institutions used them -- even at institutions that don't know it.
Academic Minute: Big Brains and Early Mammals
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Timothy Rowe examines how the sense of smell contributed to...