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Rethinking Student Aid, Radically
College Board panel calls for consolidating college tax breaks and grant programs, creating college savings accounts for the needy, and (most controversially) ending interest subsidies on student loans.
For Florida Community Colleges, Who Should Pay?
Officials debate whether proposal to allow local taxes will provide needed funds or just favor wealthier districts while letting the state off the hook.
Sharing Your Notes Online -- and Getting Paid for It
A new Web site brings social networking and ad revenues to the traditional note-taking service, but the model could raise copyright issues.
Newly Tenured ... at North Central, SUNY Albany, Valparaiso
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: North Central College (Ill.) Nancy Keiser, education Steve Macek...
Will Professors Delay Retirements?
Plenty are seeing their funds shrink amid Wall Street's woes. While that's not unique to higher ed, academe may face particular challenges if more faculty hold off on going emeritus.
AFT and AAUP Announce Joint Organizing Campaign
Faculty and staff at public research universities will be the focus of drive to expand collective bargaining.
On Stopping Student Drinking, a Salivary Solution?
North Idaho College's new policy calls for using alcohol test strips to determine if students in its (dry) dorm have been drinking.