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As budget crunch eases at California's community colleges, a lawmaker pushes two-tiered tuition, a solution both faculty groups and system leaders oppose.

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Confusion in the Cloud

Adobe faces questions from higher education officials who say that new pricing plans are hard to understand and may represent large increases in fees.

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Bucking the Trend

While other colleges have cut adjuncts' hours to avoid insurance mandates ahead of the Affordable Care Act taking effect, College of DuPage is offering some adjuncts coverage under a new "lecturer" designation.

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Concerns on Loan Denials

Historically black colleges urge Education Department to reconsider changes to some student loan criteria, and for-profit colleges and student advocates gear up for rewrite of "gainful employment" regulation.

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New Presidents or Provosts: Cleveland State U., Coe College, Cogswell College, Ivy Tech CC-Central Indiana, Manhattan School of Music, McGill U., Niagara U., Washington State U.-Tri Cities

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Quick Takes

Enrollments Down But Degrees Up, New U.S. Data Show

Homeland Security Updates Systems to Address Visa Issues

Coursera, edX Continue To Expand

Athlete May Sue Video Game Company for Using His Image, Court Says

Appeals Court Revives Bias Suit Against LSU

Senate Panel Approves DREAM-Related Amendment to Immigration Bill

Protest at Teachers College Graduation

Academic Minute: Environment and Bipedalism

Bucknell Seniors Make Time Stand Still on Graduation Day

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Intellectual Affairs

Back to Methuselah

The original search for the fountain of youth didn't pan out -- but a new one is under way. Scott McLemee considers "The Longevity Seekers."

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Career Advice

Defining Terms

To do an alt-ac search, you need to know the possibilities that are out there, write Brenda Bethman and Shaun Longstreet.

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Blogs

Just Visiting

Not Lottery/Not Meritocracy,
What Is It?

May 22, 2013

We need to stop looking at tenure track jobs as a lottery. They aren't.

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Law, Policy -- and IT?

The latest in law, policy and IT

May 22, 2013

Thoughts on MOOCs, privacy, the cloud.

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Library Babel Fish

End Robo-Research Assessment

May 21, 2013

Let's end the tyranny of the impact factor.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

A Different Measure

May 21, 2013

What about preparing educated citizens?

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Technology and Learning

The Growth of the Hybrid Meeting

May 21, 2013

Combining face-to-face and online.

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GradHacker

Six Steps for Optimizing Your Digital Information Streams

May 21, 2013

How to avoid being overwhelmed.

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University of Venus

Do I Stay or Do I Go?

May 21, 2013

Weighing the options.

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GlobalHigherEd

Cities, MOOCs, Global Networks

May 21, 2013

Discussions about the tangle of global networks being formed via MOOCs.

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StratEDgy

What a Difference a Decade Makes: Part II

May 21, 2013

The Financial Times published its 15th annual ranking of the world’s leading providers of executive education programs last week. Once again, what a difference a decade makes.

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