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A Different Type of Sustainability
After grants promoting higher education's involvement in developing countries end, how do project leaders ensure the mission lives on?
Purge at Ave Maria Law?
Push to fire tenured faculty member -- one of the school's founders -- leaves many professors worried about state of academic freedom.
Sara Tucker, Disappointed But Determined
In podcast interview, the top federal higher education official discusses the status of college reform efforts and her search for "creators" instead of "critics."
Latest Twist in Distance Ed
American University finds that its students, away between academic years, are flocking to its online summer offerings.
Mixing Theory and Practice on Defense Policy
A relative newcomer on the Beltway scene, Missouri State's defense and strategic studies program attracts aspiring policy wonks (and hawks).
Federal Guidance on Grant Programs
With legislation pending that could diminish significance, Education Dept. proposes rules on competitiveness and SMART grants.
Affirming Professors' Role or Denigrating It?
At a time that many professors fear that administrators don't value tenure, the headline on Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Web site...