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Tenure Flashpoint in Kentucky
Amid outcry from faculty, the board of the state's community college system votes today on whether or not to eliminate the tenure track for all new hires.
Sallie Mae Bows Out of Parent Loan Auction
The Education Department's plan to carry out state-by-state auctions among lenders for the right to originate federal student loans for...
Potential Relief for Students on Birth Control
The 2009 federal spending bill that President Obama signed Wednesday reverses a 2007 change that led to sharp increases in...
Southeastern U. Poised to Lose Accreditation
Southeastern University in Washington has been told that it will lose its regional accreditation in August, and the small private...
Waterloo for Small Classes
The University of Waterloo, in Ontario, wants to largely eliminate small classes -- those with fewer than 10 students --...
Retooling Recycling
Suspicious that its reuse program wasn't effective, Southern Polytechnic audited its campus trash. The findings weren't pretty.
Grade Inflation Seen Rising
New national study finds students receiving better and better report cards. Community colleges alone appear to be holding the line.