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Snapshot Dissertation
Should universities require graduate students to pare down years of research into a soundbite that can be understood by non-scholars?
World's Would-Be Grad Students
ETS releases country-by-country GRE averages, and results point to importance of foreign students in U.S. graduate schools.
Biting the Bullet on Completion
A community college tries to boost its completion rate, but takes a 20 percent enrollment hit in the process.
'Warnings From the Trenches'
Professors rally behind a high school teacher who says No Child Left Behind has created a generation of test-takers unprepared for higher education.
Rejecting the New Normal
Campaign for the Future of Higher Education asks faculty to present new models for funding higher education.
Can You Verify That?
After string of reports of colleges submitting false data for rankings, U.S. News may ask each campus to have a senior campus official -- someone at or near presidential level -- affirm the accuracy of data.
Closing Down the 'Roach Motel'
As Stanford spurs discussion of trimming time-to-degree for Ph.D.s, CUNY offers model for public institutions that might want to kill tradition of grad school as a place you "check in and never check out."
Free Course, Inexpensive Exam
New batch of free, online courses geared to credit-bearing exams could be the fastest, most affordable way to earn college credit.