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Competitiveness Reconsidered
Perception that it's harder to get into college is true only at small minority of institutions, study finds -- over past decades, about half of colleges became much easier to get into.
E-Learning's 'Third Phase'
Though Blackboard's critics have worried the company might monopolize the market for e-learning tools, competition continues to surface -- notably...
More Anger After College Statement on Suspension of 4 Profs
Southwestern College, a community college outside San Diego, has been under fire since last week's suspension of four faculty members...
Court Rules Against Carnegie Mellon in Investor Dispute
Carnegie Mellon University must defend itself against charges that it fraudulently and negligently misrepresented the state of its research on...
Syracuse Restores Classes on Day Students Partied
In 2005, Syracuse University created MayFest, a one-day festival of academic events, with regular classes called off for the day...
Turning Surveys Into Reforms
10 years after launch of National Survey of Student Engagement, many worry that colleges have been speedier to embrace giving the questionnaire than using its results. And some experts want changes in what the survey measures.
Discouraging Jeerers
Controversial visitors to U. Chicago and Temple provoke angry crowds, inside the lecture hall.