Compromise adopted by Congress contains little of what colleges want.
Doug Lederman
Doug Lederman, editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Scott Jaschik, he leads the site's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Doug speaks widely about higher education, including on C-Span and National Public Radio and at meetings around the country, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, the Nieman Foundation Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003. Before that, Doug had worked at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles, first as an athletics reporter and editor. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one in 2009 for a series of Inside Higher Ed articles he co-wrote on college rankings. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. Doug lives with his wife, Sandy, and their two children in Bethesda, Md.
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April 29, 2005
The numbers are bleak and -- for anyone who cares about the vibrancy of the American economy or the importance of an educated citizenry -- deeply worrisome: the United States has fallen to 17th in the world in high school graduation rates and 7th in college-going rates, and is the only industrialized country whose rates are falling.
And perhaps most troubling of all, the rates are lowest among those segments of the American populace that are growing the fastest.
April 29, 2005
Association leaders tell colleges to ignore Education Department policy on e-mail surveys of athletes' interest.
April 28, 2005
A lawsuit challenges federal grants to an Alaska Bible college that primarily serves Native Americans.
April 27, 2005
The National Academies issued guidelines for scientists conducting the research.
April 27, 2005
5 students have died in 3 fires in 2 weeks. College officials react, and Congress weighs action.
April 26, 2005
Can the U.S. go after a student loan defaulter's Social Security benefits? The justices will decide.
April 25, 2005
On the upswing nationally, sign language is on the defensive at Brown.
April 22, 2005
Through its new curriculum, Penn stresses science and math and deemphasizes the role of AP courses.
April 22, 2005
Unprepared for shift to Division I, SUNY Stony Brook broke many rules, NCAA finds.
