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'What Matters Most'
New book urges colleges to exercise not-so-common sense when it comes to optimizing the undergraduate experience and otherwise striving toward institutional excellence.
A Brave Provost
Washington State U provost helps to raise money for a bee research center by growing a beard … of bees.
Racial Literacy as a Professor's Responsibility
AAUP sessions center on faculty members' role and responsibilities regarding classroom conversations about race.
Safeguarding Free Speech
City University of New York is considering a new policy that it says will protect academic freedom, but some fear it could be used to squelch dissent.
'Field Notes'
Author discusses his new book on the evolution of Middle East studies in specific and area studies more broadly.
Getting Tough With a Gatekeeper
Education Department staff proposes termination for ACICS, threatening access to federal aid for the 243 institutions -- many of them for-profit -- the national accreditor oversees. Updated with reactions.
No Math Required
Wayne State University drops what has been part of its general-education program for all students, raising the question of which fields are needed by all undergraduates.
Fighting Access for For-Profits
For-profit institutions that cater to service members see chance to connect with students in Senate-passed provision expanding access on military bases.