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Should Exam Anxiety Get a Grad Student Out of Comps?

A doctoral candidate at the University of Manitoba twice failed comprehensive examinations, but was reinstated to the program after claiming...

Amid Controversy, President Quits Labor College

Departure comes a week after announcement of major expansion plan with for-profit, online provider, but officials deny a link.

Philosophers May Move Meeting From San Francisco

Hotel workers are again having disputes with San Francisco hotels, and some groups are calling for boycotts. The Pacific Division...

Looking for Help

Campus counseling centers report a 16% increase in last year in students seeking assistance.

Elsevier Wants Journal Without Peer Review to Adopt It

Elsevier is pushing the only one of its journals that doesn't use peer review -- Medical Hypotheses -- to start...

All-American Union

U. of Wisconsin says collective bargaining could endanger international students' visas -- a stance that organizers see as a scare tactic.

Outsourcing Language Learning

A decade after Drake U. pioneered system favoring native speakers over traditional faculty, a few other colleges are trying the approach and the university is taking its concept online.

Unusual Critique of Recent University Purchases of Artifacts

Several Christian institutions have in recent months announced purchases of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Robert Cargill, instructional technology...