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Questioning Southern U. Layoffs
AAUP raises doubts about whether crisis university faced in 2011-12 was severe enough to warrant a declaration of financial exigency.
Purdue’s Outsider
Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels has an unconventional background for a research university president, but he and Purdue’s board think that is what is needed to address the unconventional issues facing higher education. And he's winning over campus skeptics.
The Struggling Seminaries
Sudden, deep cuts at the largest Lutheran seminary illustrate the challenges facing theological schools across denominations.
Opinion
God Bless the Janitors
Wick Sloane recommends a Massachusetts union's trenchant series of reports on the foibles of higher education finance.
Fund-Raising the Bar
Vanderbilt has seen average student debt decline due to “singular focus” on fund raising for need-based financial aid, a potential model for other universities. Hopkins has taken similar approach.
New Programs: Sexuality and Queer Studies, Branding, Higher Education Leadership, Public Administration, Environmental Health, Health Education, Fine Arts, Leadership, Health-Care Management, Pharmacy
American University is starting an undergraduate minor in sexuality and queer studies. City College of the City University of New...
Money for Military, Not Poli Sci
Senate votes to ban federal funding for most political science research and to restore tuition assistance to active-duty service members.
Looking Over Servicers' Shoulders
After a slew of complaints about federal and private loan processing and collection, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeks oversight of the largest servicers.