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E-Learning's 'Third Phase'
Though Blackboard's critics have worried the company might monopolize the market for e-learning tools, competition continues to surface -- notably...
Competitiveness Reconsidered
Perception that it's harder to get into college is true only at small minority of institutions, study finds -- over past decades, about half of colleges became much easier to get into.
Upcoming Events in Higher Ed: Community College Humanities, Hispanic Colleges, Adult Education, History
The following meetings, conferences, seminars and other events will be held in the coming weeks in and around higher education...
Syracuse Restores Classes on Day Students Partied
In 2005, Syracuse University created MayFest, a one-day festival of academic events, with regular classes called off for the day...
Court Rules Against Carnegie Mellon in Investor Dispute
Carnegie Mellon University must defend itself against charges that it fraudulently and negligently misrepresented the state of its research on...
More Anger After College Statement on Suspension of 4 Profs
Southwestern College, a community college outside San Diego, has been under fire since last week's suspension of four faculty members...
Can Free Speech Be Furloughed?
The day after a peaceful protest over budget conditions at a California community college, four professors -- including a union president -- are placed on leave and banned from campus.
In the Crosshairs?
Panel appointed by Education Department to consider new rules on financial aid "integrity" tilts toward critics of for-profit higher education.