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Surviving the Game of Chicken

November 23, 2009

Many financial aid officers are unnerved by mixed messages Washington is sending about the student loan programs. What's a college to do?

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Philosophers Against Bias

November 23, 2009

Following years of debate, association will flag jobs that aren't open to gay scholars. Are Christian colleges being given a "scarlet letter"? Is there a loophole?

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Strike Looms at CUNY

November 23, 2009

Professional Staff Congress, representing 85 employees at the City University of New York Research Foundation, is likely to walk out over health care, raises.

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Narrow Win for Stem Cell Research

November 23, 2009

Tie vote by Nebraska Board of Regents blocks push to apply Bush-era restrictions. Universities are relieved.

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The (Skilled) Presentation of Self

November 23, 2009

Timothy Burke wonders whether students -- despite all the speaking they do in college -- learn how to talk about themselves and their ideas.

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We Should Teach Governance

November 23, 2009

Graduate students and new faculty members will be helped in their careers by learning how their institutions work and how they can help shape policy, writes Terri Givens.

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