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Vigilante Justice on Plagiarism
At Texas A&M International, an instructor told students he would fail and publicly humiliate them if they engaged in academic dishonesty. They did and he did -- so the university fired him.
Discrediting the "Model Minority" Stereotype
Chinese Americans are not as homogeneous as they are sometimes portrayed -- this is particularly apparent in their college-going rates...
6-6 Course Loads and No Benefits
Adjuncts in Tennessee, working a decade without raise in pay ceilings, spent 2 years documenting needs. Their plan was considered and promptly rejected as the recession hit.
Gates Foundation to Spend Big on Community Colleges
A new plan -- involving hundreds of millions of dollars -- will focus on completion rates and performance-based incentives.
Fleshing Out Student Aid Simplification (Update)
Education Department to present plan that would simplify aid form, shrink number of aid programs, and base award size on family income and average price of 2-year college.
50-Yard-Line Seats and Faculty Oversight
U. Michigan professors express concern about practice of giving athletics advisory board members tickets and travel to football bowl games.