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Course Shopping and Its Meaning
As debate grows over whether students are adding and dropping too many classes, study of L.A. community college district offers in-depth look at data.
How This Year's Frosh Will Make You Feel Older
The class of 2011 is arriving at campuses all over -- and inspiring plenty of professors to wonder why the...
Professional Development for Postdocs
New federal law and agency guidelines aim to prod scientists and universities to ensure that fellows get career training.
The Middlemen of Study Abroad
New scrutiny raises questions, beyond the legal ones, of why some colleges rely on third parties to send students to other countries.
Why Students Read Textbooks (or Don't)
The adage that a picture is worth a thousand words may hold true for textbooks. Research presented Saturday in San...
In Second Life, There's No Fallout
Robert C. Amme, a research professor of physics at the University of Denver, thinks there aren't nearly enough scientists with...