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Hirings Rocket at For-Profits
National data show growth in faculty positions and stagnation in administrative jobs in all sectors, though increases of instructors are mostly among adjuncts.
Obama Reasserts Education and Research as Priorities
In comments that were widely characterized as solemn and full of contrition, after what he acknowledged was a "shellacking" for...
Globalization 101
At Sloan-C conference, a Connecticut professor explains how he's using wikis to teach less cosmopolitan students the basics of 21st-century technology and cultural exchange.
Credit, But Not Toward a Degree, for Dual-Enrollment Classes
Some universities in Texas do not give students appropriate credit for college courses they take from professors while in high...
Shift in the Statehouses
Republican gains among governors could heighten budgetary challenges for public colleges and their students; Ohio's reforms threatened.
Fiscal Victories in Anti-Tax Year
Despite voter backlash against government spending, several states reject proposals that colleges had feared would limit appropriations, and some colleges win facilities bond measures.
Arizona Bans Affirmative Action
While the outcome was the same as in California and Michigan, the impact may differ.
Endowments Rebounding
Year after the worst performance since the Great Depression, new 2010 data show average investment returns of 12.6 percent for colleges.