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International Grad Student Apps Increase
Council of Graduate Schools survey shows 2 percent rise in international student applications, with more interest from India but drops in applications from China and for business degrees. Survey includes a first breakdown of applications by degree level.
When You're Not Ready
More students at Florida's two-year colleges are failing college-level courses in the aftermath of a new state law that allows them to skip remediation.
Class Checkers
Many colleges pay people to make sure athletes show up at each scheduled class. Critics say the programs drive another academic wedge between players and the rest of the student body.
Faster Humanities Ph.D.s, But at What Cost?
UC Irvine moves toward a system in which doctorates can be earned in five years, half the norm for these fields at many institutions. Some departments embrace plan; they fear impact on dissertations and on adjuncts.
Leniency Likely?
Should all-male panels of fraternity members be deciding on the guilt of fraternities accused of, among other things, harassing and violating the privacy of women? Can Greek systems be fair in judging their own?
Universities Under Attack
New report documents a range of types of attacks on higher education worldwide, including killings, imprisonments, wrongful dismissals and expulsions, and restrictions on the movements of students and scholars.
Detecting Essay Fraud
An international investigation shows the difficulty of monitoring and stopping academic ghostwriting.
Defining Competency
Education Department and regional accreditors seek common ground on competency-based education, including what the faculty role should be in the emerging form of higher education.