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Ferment Over For-Profit Colleges
Education Department tries again to allay concerns that it is taking regulatory aim at career institutions, amid accusations that stock prospectors are sowing uncertainty.
Student Drinking and Drinking-Related Deaths Are Increasing
The rates at which college students engage in binge drinking and drunk driving and die in alcohol-related incidents are all...
Student Coalition Forms to Back Open Access
Several student groups have issued a statement to jointly back the open access movement in which scholarly research is shared...
Setback for Academic Medical Centers
After years of court rulings that payments to doctors-in-training aren't taxable, federal appeals panel, responding to IRS rule change, finds otherwise. Decision could be costly.
Fiscal Emergency Declared for Washington State 2-Year Colleges
The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges on Thursday declared a state of financial emergency, citing cuts in...
Texas Showdown
After only a year as the first Hispanic and first female president of Texas A&M, Elsa Murano quits. Was she forced out for not letting politics dictate a key appointment?
Casteen to Retire From Virginia Presidency
John T. Casteen III announced Friday that he will retire next year from the presidency of the University of Virginia...
AAUP Censures 4 Colleges
In two cases, and another in which censure was lifted, focus was treatment of adjuncts. Association also drafts policies to call for more protections for graduate students.