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Exceptions to the Rule
Cash-strapped colleges are freezing faculty hires, but the exceptions reveal institutions' highest priorities in increasingly desperate times.
'Teaching Unprepared Students'
Many experts say that the United States can only truly see gains in the percentages of adults who have a...
Doctorate Production Continues to Grow
U.S. universities record fifth straight year of increase in number of degrees awarded. Gains come mostly in sciences and among non-U.S. citizens; humanities Ph.D.'s decline 4.5 percent.
Power Grab at DuPage
Board issues plan to adopt "Academic Bill of Rights," end faculty control of curriculum, and give trustees authority over student newspaper content and outside speakers.
The Easy Way Out
NCAA panel, charged with bolstering basketball players' academic performance, focuses on making outcomes look better, not on actual improvement, critics say.
Anthropological Engagement, for Good and for Bad?
At annual anthropology conference, scholars discuss ethical imperatives to apply their expertise outside academe -- and ethically fraught applications.