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Academic Minute: Race and 'Passing'
In today’s Academic Minute, Vanderbilt University's Daniel Sharfstein examines the long history of racial assimilation in the United States and...
The Real Rising Cost of English Universities
Tuition will exceed government's estimates, leading to more questions about direction of higher education.
High-Profile Sallie Mae Enters Low-Profile Tuition Insurance Market
A big name in student finance is entering a market that has been populated mostly by under-the-radar players: the practice...
Starting from Zero
To identify waste and inefficiencies, Colorado Mountain College adopted a budget process that will require administrators to justify each expenditure every year.
Don't Call Them Fuddy Duddies
A predicted wave of retirements of tenured faculty is presenting colleges with opportunities and practical and programmatic concerns -- as...
Google Launches Research Institute in Germany
Humboldt University, Berlin's oldest university, announced Monday that Google is setting up a research institute there, the Associated Press reported...
Where Trendy Is 17th Century
"Classical Christian" colleges turn to the Great Books curriculum in order to advance a small but growing sector of higher education.
Push to Protect Non-Tenure-Track Law Profs
An American Bar Association panel reviewing standards used to evaluate law schools is leaning toward requiring more job protection for...