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U of Missouri Punishes Itself for Basketball Violations
The University of Missouri at Columbia said it would bar its men's basketball team from postseason play this season and...
Sluggish Recovery of State Funding for Public Colleges
State funding for public higher education has increased in the five years since the recession. However, those increases are not...
Admissions Officers Check Applicants on Social Media
About 40 percent of admissions officers say they research applicants on social media, according to a survey released Wednesday by...
Mental Health of College Athletes
National Collegiate Athletic Association releases new guidelines on dealing with the mental health of college athletes, an issue that remains a top concern for the association's chief medical officer.
Are Conservative Law Professors More Productive?
A new study, forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, suggests that conservative and libertarian professors are...
Watchdog's New Role at Ed Dept.
The Obama administration looks to a former federal consumer protection official -- and frequent critic -- to help improve the federal student loan program.
Udacity Launches Job Guarantee Pledge
Online education provider Udacity is promising graduates of its new Nanodegree Plus program that it will find them jobs within...
U of Wollongong Accepted Antivaccination Dissertation
The University of Wollongong, in Australia, is being criticized for accepting a Ph.D. dissertation -- in its humanities division --...