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Curriculum Sharing Without Limits
Two Canadian colleges agree to share academic programs with each other at no charge -- to save their government money and speed their ability to offer new offerings to students.
Opinion
All Fall
Scott McLemee offers a roundup of books from this coming autumn's university press catalogs and more.
Commencement Controversy at NYU
Ph.D. graduate's speech backing Israel boycott is condemned by leaders there and at Northwestern, which hired him. Some see academic freedom concerns, given that other political commencement addresses are not attacked.
‘The College Completion Glass -- Half-Full or Half-Empty?’
Author discusses new book about flaws in the way many people evaluate college completion.
Are ‘Big Deals’ Actually Good Deals?
Cost is the No. 1 reason why colleges end their “big deals” with publishers, but not everyone thinks the agreements are really that expensive.
Opinion
Students, Would You Like Fries With That?
To be treated as a worthless and expendable member of society is, unfortunately, all too common in service-industry jobs, but this culture has now infected college classrooms, argues Liz Mayo.
Academic Freedom at Risk in Italy
Governing party demands removal of a book its leaders don't like from a university reading list.
Retaining Gender Inequity?
A professor's department found she was paid less than men were, unfairly, for failing to go out and get other offers. A judge said that didn't matter.