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Predicting and Preventing Campus Violence
Experts in the field gather at Columbia University to discuss school shooters, student suicides and the law, among other topics.
The Foundations of General Education
A college's new curriculum is designed for the much-changed student population it now serves -- largely low-income, minority "urban learners" (for lack, but not of trying, of a better term).
Key Lawmakers Plan for Student Loan Credit Crunch
As another leading lender leaves the federal program, lawmakers propose mix of increased Pell Grants, raised limits on federal loans, and offer of U.S. support for lenders struggling to raise capital.
What Is a Composition and Rhetoric Doctorate?
Data show stability in number of programs and enrollments, but continued shifts in what programs are called, reflecting tensions within the field over its role and whether it is a single field.
Student Financial Counseling (Outside the Aid Office)
A growing number of colleges are offering seminars on how to manage money, deal with debt and pay for education.
A Plan to Send Engineering Students Abroad
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will become one of the few science-centric institutions to expect study-abroad experience from all its students.
Early Earful from UC's New Chief
Less than a week after formally being offered and accepting the presidency of the University of California, Mark G. Yudof...