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Governance Spat Threatens Accreditor
One of the country's six regional accrediting agencies risks losing its federal recognition if it is unable to alter its...
The Retention Guru
Two decades ago, Xavier University could only count on three of every four freshmen returning for sophomore year. Even fewer...
Step Too Far on Textbook Costs?
With students, parents and politicians all frustrated by high textbook costs, recent years have seen many innovations as well as...
Southern Accreditor Acts on Several Colleges
Signs of the economic downturn are evident many places you turn in higher education these days: in the exploding demand...
Standardization and Savings
Most conversations about dramatically reducing the amount colleges and students spend on textbooks center on e-books as cheaper, nimbler, and...
'Financing Higher Education Worldwide'
Who pays for higher education? Whether talking about the government role or the student responsibility, the question is controversial all...
Opinion
The White Noise of Accountability
Cliff Adelman explores the rhetoric and practice surrounding an oft-used phrase -- and asks readers to consider six frameworks for thinking about the word before they next utter it.
'Integrating the Gridiron'
Nowadays, one can hardly imagine a college football scene devoid of African American athletes. While black students still make up...