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Penn State and Temple Universities, using new policies, responded to students' complaints about what they said was left-wing ideology in their classes. Read More...
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In the continuing legal battle between two course-management-software providers, a federal judge said Desire2Learn was not in contempt of court for releasing a new version of a program that had been found to infringe its rival's patent. Read More...
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The annual meeting of college planners hears a Canadian consultant describe four varying "clusters" of prospective students and how they decide where to go. Read More...
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the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Commission on Presidential Leadership and Global Competitiveness. Read More...
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The rules require colleges and lobbyists to report their political contributions and how much money they have spent on events honoring members of Congress. Read More...
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The report, by the New York State Commission on Higher Education, lays out a plan to provide new low-interest student loans, and to recruit many more doctoral students and full-time faculty members to colleges in the state's public systems. Read More...
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Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has made another high-profile attempt to convince colleges that they risk painful government interventions if they don’t improve the quality of their programs and help more students find and afford them. Read More...
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The number of foreign students coming to the United States this fall may increase over last year, particularly in undergraduate programs, according to visa figures and colleges' reports. Read More...
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After clearing him last year, Purdue U. now says a professor of nuclear engineering is guilty of research misconduct for "bubble fusion" experiments. Read More...
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We're tourists again! Well, we were today anyways. In spite of the fact that I got some pretty rotten news about my Graduate Assistantship yesterday (grrrrr...), I decided to join Brianna, Matt, and Luke for some sightseeing today. This weekend is...
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Alright, so you can tell by the title that's it's been a good week. On Wednesday, Matt and I went swimming! I love swimming! Then we went to visit an old friend, Brian Rock, in Redondo Beach. It was half way between where he was, Irvine, and us...
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Moody's Investors Service foresees potential trouble for some institutions of higher education, particularly for small private colleges that draw locally, some community colleges, and regional or less-selective public institutions. Read More...
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Advocates of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings's ideas on how to make colleges more affordable and accessible are disappointed at the slow rate of improvement. Read More...
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Federal agencies improperly ask college to keep unclassified research secret, says a new report. And the Secretary of Defense apparently agrees. Read More...
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The nation's decentralized approach toward organizing its health-care work force could leave millions of Americans without adequate care, the Association of Academic Health Centers warned in a report released on Thursday. Read More...