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Ph.D. Completion -- and Content
Graduate school deans and officials from federal funding agencies discuss interventions to improve doctorate completion, while still emphasizing what students learn along the way.
Documenting China's Higher Ed Explosion
In many discussions about the international standing of American higher education, China is the 800-pound gorilla -- the emerging scientific...
Mixed Picture on Cost Containment
Report on state colleges finds many are satisfied with efforts to reduce institutional spending, but not enough do so in systematic and data-driven way.
Changing the Tenure Rules -- Without Telling Anyone?
Sudden increase in denials at Baylor follows apparent shift in standards that took place after candidates submitted their portfolios for review.
Tenure as a Tarnished Brass Ring
Has the system become so flawed that it's not worth it any more? Why are some tenured, liberal professors challenging what others long for?
Antioch U. Trustees Reject Plan to Save College and Offer to Sell It
Board says proposal wasn't financially responsible. Alumni and donors blast board and plan to try to operate the college by themselves.
Among the Uninsured: 1.7 Million College Students
20 percent of students don't have coverage -- and even among those who do, college-sponsored health plans vary dramatically in quality of benefits.