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Conventions on Campuses?

A reader responds with a great idea.

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Survey: What’s Keeping CBOs Up at Night?

Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to rethink costs, but many chief business officers say they lack the insight...
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Pressures Mount at Cash-Strapped Clinton College

Clinton College is struggling to pay and retain employees and facing pressure from the state and its accreditor amid severe financial issues. The start of the fall semester is weeks away.

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CBOs Are Over Weathering Storms

Chief financial officers may be cautiously optimistic about the near-term financial outlook after a volatile year, but they also want structural change—now. Do they have the tools and buy-in to make it happen?

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Rutgers Investigates Dean for Selling Company’s Services to University

Rutgers University is investigating a potential ethics violation by Rutgers-Newark School of Arts and Sciences Dean Jacqueline Mattis after her...
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Universities Warn Against Rule on Political Control of Grants

The White House’s plan to cement political appointees’ control over research and other grants received hundreds of thousands of comments. Lawsuits are likely next.

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ED Encouraged Institutions to Limit Graduate Loans. They Don’t Want To.

Colleges are debating whether they should limit lending to students in certain programs that are currently considered “professional” by the Education Department.

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Campuses as Places

New uses for an existing resource.