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Defining Adjunct Rights
AAUP applies new standards to find North Idaho violated the rights of a long-time part-timer. In that case and another, the colleges say those rights are minimal -- and reject the AAUP's guidelines.
Rules Seek to Clarify FERPA
Post-Virginia Tech, Education Department wants to assure colleges about the student information they can release.
Grants from Gates, on College Completion
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces first awards of new initiative emphasizing access and outcomes for low-income students, focusing on increasing scale of proven practices.
English, Redefined, at Harvard
New proposed curriculum for majors would replace historical survey courses with a series of smaller seminars, prompting questions on what's lost as well as gained.
Almost Ready for the Doctoral Program Rankings
National Research Council -- gearing up for February's long awaited and delayed evaluations -- offers hints on parts of its approach, and hears reservations about methodology.
Shying Away From Graduate School
Number of students taking GRE will drop this year, stunning ETS and universities, who foresaw opposition impact from recession. Fall is seen in U.S. and elsewhere, with steep decline in India.
A Widget Onto the Future
Some educators believe the next frontier for online learning will be portable, customizable Web objects.