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The Overflowing Composition Classroom
At community colleges, those who teach writing have far more students per semester than may be educationally sound, survey finds.
Do We Need More Lawyers?
Debate over planned law school at U. of California at Irvine raises questions of supply and demand.
Sister Mentors
Minority women pursuing their Ph.D.'s mentor one another and young girls to keep the pipeline open at all levels.
Pushback Against Perceived Power Grab
Accreditors and colleges oppose Education Department's effort to ramp up federal oversight of quality control process.
Solid Raises for College Staff
Salaries of mid-level administrators and professionals grew by 3.8 percent in 2006-7, the most in 3 years, annual survey finds.
Fooling the College Board
To demonstrate flaws of SAT writing test, MIT professor coached student on how to get a good score on a lousy essay -- and pulled it off.
Doing E-Portfolios Right
As curricular approach spreads, composition professors adopt "best practices" statement.