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The Admissions Scandal and a Service for Ph.D.s

Popular alternative-academic career platform was bought last year by the foundation behind the recently uncovered undergraduate admissions scheme.

New Programs: Public Relations, Catholic Leadership, Data Science, Public Policy, Canine Management, Students With Disabilities, Psychology

Boise State University is starting an online bachelor's program in public relations. Franciscan University of Steubenville is starting an online...

Unfair at Any Speed

The long-held belief that faster is better in learning -- speedism -- hurts students of all speeds, writes Myk Garn, and should be replaced with individualized and guided learning models.
Opinion

F-Words in the Classroom

Some words seem to be treated as anathemas when it comes to college teaching, Karen Costa writes -- and then argues why they shouldn't be.

The Humanities at Community Colleges

Study documents extent of instruction (and large class sizes).

A Free Speech Purist Opts Not to Use the N-Word

Geoffrey Stone, First Amendment scholar at U of Chicago who's previously defended the use of the word in the classroom, has a change of mind -- or heart.

What Faculty Members Think

Major survey shows that professors worry about discrimination but aren't prepared to deal with classroom conflicts over diversity. Other findings touch on mentoring, pay and politics.

Coercion of Grads, and Now IP Theft?

Former professor at Missouri Kansas City, who's accused of forcing graduate students to work at his home, is now accused of stealing a grad student's work and profiting from it.