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So Much to Do, So Little Time
New research finds professors spend considerable time in meetings and on administrative tasks, and much of their time alone.
Shrinking as a Strategy
While dozens of liberal arts colleges are banking on plans to grow, a Vermont institution doesn't think that's realistic, and has developed a path to preserve itself by getting smaller.
Opinion
A Call for President Obama
If the administration wants to help get more low-income students into top colleges, it's time to take on the rankings, writes Catharine Bond Hill.
Opinion
Box Scores and College Ratings
In an open letter to Arne Duncan, Thomas Foley compares how success is defined in the education secretary's beloved sport to methods of measuring higher ed performance.
Opinion
Has Higher Ed Peaked?
Bryan Alexander suggests a thought experiment on trends that suggest tough times ahead for most colleges and universities.
'Undermatching' Pros and Cons
New study finds both positive and negative results of attending a less competitive college than where one might have enrolled.
Inflation Plus Whatever
Middlebury College gives itself a loophole in its plan linking tuition, room and board to inflation.
You're Admitted... Not
As more colleges send emails telling rejected applicants they have been admitted, some admissions officers share what they learned from their mistakes.