Filter & Sort
Rank and File
In an unusual move for a community college, Wake Tech is offering some faculty traditional professor ranks -- and raises.
Turnitin Put to the Test
Did the plagiarism detection software Turnitin cut "unoriginal writing" by almost 40 percent? Not so fast, one researcher says.
Opinion
Reform Starts With Good Data
A dearth of accurate data makes it impossible for students, families and policy makers to answer basic questions about higher education, write U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Marco Rubio. A student-level system would help provide answers.
Following Student Veterans
Federal agency releases new college comparison site for student veterans and data about where they are enrolled, earning praise from both for-profit colleges and their critics.
Part-Timers Surge in Australia
The number of non-full-time academics on Australian campuses rises by 17 percent, a figure officials attribute to universities' need for flexibility and financial constraints.
Opinion
Forgive Us Our Debts
It's a casino economy -- where the dealer always wins. Scott McLemee reports on a book about profit, loss, and education as a risky bet.
'Triple Package,' Ethnicity and Success
Husband-and-wife professors at Yale law school (she gave us the "Tiger Mother" debate) publish book about why some racial and ethnic groups are more successful than others. And no, it's not because they value education.
Swan Song
At one small liberal arts college, retiring professors get one last chance to teach that course they've always wanted to.