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Obama Education Adviser Departs
James Kvaal helped shape the administration’s sweeping higher education policies.
New Programs: Writing, Ecology, International Higher Education, Criminal Justice, Family Therapy, Health Care Interpretation, Mathematics and Engineering, Management, Sports Communications
Antioch University Santa Barbara is starting an M.F.A. in professional writing. Boise State University is starting a Ph.D. program in...
Race on Campus, Nontraditional Leaders, Rising Confidence: A Survey of Presidents
College and university presidents overwhelmingly describe race relations on their campus as excellent or good, are increasingly upbeat about their...
How Accurate Are Delta's Data?
For researchers, the Delta Cost Project is the premier database for measuring higher education finance. But the way the data are organized can be misleading, a new paper argues.
'Courtrooms and Classrooms'
Historian discusses his new book on how courts in the United States have treated cases involving access to higher education.
Return to Sender
UC Irvine moves to reject gifts for endowed chairs from group that has strong opinions -- too strong -- about the study of Hinduism and a desire to influence who would be hired.
Opinion
Preserving the Original 'Free College' Plan
Providing free college for everyone is a wonderful concept in theory, but it would be all but impossible in practice, argue Abigail Seldin and Kim Cook, and there is a realistic alternative.
When the State Giveth, and Taketh
Public college foundations raise money in part to offset tight state budgets. But Rhode Island's governor is tapping foundation money to pay for state business.