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The Impact of Student Employment
As more undergraduates work to help pay college bills, studies offer a more nuanced analysis of how different sorts of work (and how much) affect grades.
Tenure's Value ... to Society
A judge ruled last week in Colorado that not only is tenure a good thing for the professors who enjoy...
Schwarzenegger Wants More Part-Time Faculty at Community Colleges
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a new solution to the budget problems at California's community colleges: more part-time instructors. The governor...
More Rankings Rigging
U.S. News gave U. of Southern California top 10 status in engineering based in part on its faculty members who are in National Academy of Engineering. But the numbers don't add up and U.S. News never checked.
New Critique of Those Who Love to Criticize Academics
A new report by Free Exchange on Campus, a coalition of groups opposed to David Horowitz's "Academic Bill of Rights"...
Pacem in Terris
At La Roche, an idealistic program to reach students from countries in conflict was too ambitious to sustain, and yet it transformed the institution.
Fighting Confidentiality in Library Contracts
The Association of Research Libraries has adopted a policy discouraging members from agreeing to confidentiality clauses in the deals they...
Oklahoma State Lost $282M, Must Defer Sports Project
When T. Boone Pickens donated $165 million to Oklahoma State University in 2006 to build a state-of-the-art athletics "village," athletics...