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Rejecting Tenure and Paying for It?
In an unusual twist, a Texas Tech professor is suing the university for allegedly denying him high-profile jobs based on his skepticism of a status most faculty members want.
U. of Iowa Will Ask
Applicants don't have to tell, but they can indicate their identification as gay, and can select transgender as their gender. Iowa is the first major public university to make the move.
The Missing Students
More than half of the most talented potential applicants from low-income families never apply to a competitive college, study finds. And admissions officers may be looking for them in the wrong places.
Settlement in Counseling Conflict
Eastern Michigan settles former graduate student's lawsuit challenging curricular requirements that conflicted with her religious beliefs.
Opinion
Grades and Assessing Learning: Can't We Get Along?
Given how busy professors are, it makes sense to link outcomes assessment to grading, rather than create redundancy by piling the latter on top of the former, Mark Salisbury writes.
Black Athletes and Other Black Men
Comparing data on athletes and other black male students, study challenges colleges' commitment to diversifying beyond athletics.
25 and in Crisis
Temple was the first institution to offer a doctorate in African-American studies and has seen heated debates over the discipline's direction. The rejection of the department's choice as chair has set off a new controversy.
Affirmative Action Ban Rejected
Appeals court rules that Michigan's voter-approved ban is unconstitutional because it limits equal access to the political process.