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Warning on Tuition, Shift on Accreditation
As House panel debates Higher Ed Act bill, lawmakers hammer home risk that rising prices could lead to further federal action. Plus a last-minute gambit on accreditation.
Who Should Be Ashamed?
Congress is jazzed about plan to embarrass colleges with above-average tuition increases. But will the "watch list" identify profligate spenders -- or discriminate against colleges with working class students?
To Cut Textbook Costs, They're Printing Their Own
If a book list is the blueprint for a course, Rio Salado College is about to start from scratch. On...
Professors of the Year
In podcast interviews, winners of annual national contest describe their pedagogical approaches.
'Scholarship in the Digital Age'
It's hard to meet academics these days whose work hasn't been changed by the Internet. But even if everyone knows...
Reconsidering Retiree Health Benefits
Dartmouth plan that would scale back coverage troubles some faculty who say the college is providing a disincentive to retire.
A Campaign of Many Grievances
Engineering faculty at Washington University in St. Louis submit petition to oust their dean, but it lists no specific issues. Beyond the signatures are a multitude of reasons....