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Growing and Adjusting Abroad
Research explores impact of short-term study abroad, and factors that put foreign students at risk of cultural adjustment problems.
Blago-Style Admissions
Chicago Tribune exposes extent of political influence on getting into U. of Illinois -- leaving university pledging to fix any problems and claiming that this goes on everywhere.
Ronald Takaki, Pioneer in Ethnic Studies, Dies at 70
Ronald Takaki, a long-time professor of ethnic studies at the University of California at Berkeley and a pioneer in the...
Annuity Quandary
In a bull market some colleges aggressively invested annuity gifts, but are now on the hook to continue payments to donors. Return to conservative investing may emerge.
How Colleges Use FERPA to Keep Athletics Secrets
A six-month investigation by The Columbus Dispatch has found that colleges and universities use "wildly different legal interpretations" of the...
Vets May Bring Extra Baggage
College-going veterans in Minnesota have higher rates of post traumatic stress disorder and greater histories of being sexually assaulted than their classmates, a new study finds. Otherwise, however, populations are similar.
Gee Quits Board of Controversial Energy Company
E. Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University, has resigned as a board member of Massey Energy, a company that...
Texas Limits '10%' Admissions
The "10 percent" plan in Texas has been one of the most successful experiments ever tried to get more minority...