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Student Loan Potpourri
Cuomo examines lender's relationships with athletics departments; GAO criticizes U.S. oversight of inducements to colleges; Senate panel backs bill on private loans; EduCap shrinks.
Defining Adjunct Rights
AAUP applies new standards to find North Idaho violated the rights of a long-time part-timer. In that case and another, the colleges say those rights are minimal -- and reject the AAUP's guidelines.
Rules Seek to Clarify FERPA
Post-Virginia Tech, Education Department wants to assure colleges about the student information they can release.
Grants from Gates, on College Completion
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces first awards of new initiative emphasizing access and outcomes for low-income students, focusing on increasing scale of proven practices.
English, Redefined, at Harvard
New proposed curriculum for majors would replace historical survey courses with a series of smaller seminars, prompting questions on what's lost as well as gained.
Almost Ready for the Doctoral Program Rankings
National Research Council -- gearing up for February's long awaited and delayed evaluations -- offers hints on parts of its approach, and hears reservations about methodology.