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'Online Social Networking on Campus'
Student affairs administrators are increasingly debating how to use Facebook and other social networking tools -- and whether and how...
A Call for Assessment -- of the Right Kind
Reinforcing 2004 statement, liberal education group exhorts colleges to ramp up measurement of student learning -- but with emphasis on internal improvement rather than external accountability.
Unlikely Haven for Humanities Publishing
U. of Houston-Victoria, home to a host of scholarly publications and activities, is an emerging intellectual destination (albeit one whose coordinates not everyone knows yet).
Outmoded Engineers?
A department at Cornell, founded in the '60s, is latest of its kind to be merged or eliminated. Critics say more theoretical programs are valuable, but vulnerable because they generate fewer large grants.
Giving Choice and Taking It Away
College Board says new SAT policy is designed to minimize student stress. But information it gives colleges might make students more stressed (and feeling less in control) than ever.
(Hidden) Cost of Doing Business
Expanding a college's research enterprise comes at a high price, and don't count on grants to cover it, a new paper in Academic Medicine asserts.
From Princeton to DeVry
Harold Shapiro, former president of elite private and public universities, discusses his new role as board chairman of one of the country's leading for-profit institutions.