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$100 Oil and Commuter Colleges
My cc, like most community colleges and many lower-tier four-year colleges, doesn't have dorms. Since it's located in suburbia, public...
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Untangling Quality Assurance in Higher Education
A federal judge’s ruling in an accreditation case should force states to do what most have long avoided, Alan Contreras argues: ensure the quality of colleges that operate within their borders.
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Makin' Bacon
Word got around some months ago that a French psychoanalyst had published a guide to talking about books without reading...
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Noted Author Gives Reading
Inner Station (AP) Author Roy Kesey flew from Beijing, China, this week to read from the book Birthday Zoo, by...
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Revenge of the Nerds
Apparently, there's a candy now called "Nerds." The Boy got some in his Halloween loot, and opened the box after...
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Swastika Girls
When, in 2004, UD started blogging at her flagship campus, University Diaries I, she was amazed at the story of...
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The Solution Down the Hall
Don't count on voter mobilization efforts to bring young people into the political process, Daniel Shea and Melissa Comber write. Colleges -- and courses in American government -- have a crucial role to play.
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Murder By Numbers
A new correspondent writes: So here it is: I teach (adjunct) Anthropology and Cultural "Survey" at a local art college...