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A Lab of Their Own
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute initiative intends to increase number of women who are full professors in the sciences.
Fighting to Keep a Medical Center Public
SUNY faculty union files suit to block a privatization plan.
Inexorable March to a Part-Time Faculty
Adjuncts nearing half of all professors, and proportion off the tenure track grows, latest U.S. data show.
Pushback Against Perceived Power Grab
Accreditors and colleges oppose Education Department's effort to ramp up federal oversight of quality control process.
Sister Mentors
Minority women pursuing their Ph.D.'s mentor one another and young girls to keep the pipeline open at all levels.
Do We Need More Lawyers?
Debate over planned law school at U. of California at Irvine raises questions of supply and demand.
The Overflowing Composition Classroom
At community colleges, those who teach writing have far more students per semester than may be educationally sound, survey finds.