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Chinese Students in the Classroom
New research sheds light on Chinese undergraduate students' challenges in the classroom and the ways in which they respond to and adapt to those challenges.
The Prestige Payoff
Study documents impact of attending an elite doctoral program on faculty members' careers.
Humor That Dare Not Speak Its Name
U. of South Carolina Upstate -- facing legislative anger over planned performance by lesbian humorist -- calls off event.
(Not So) Overnight Success
Union leaders talk about achievements for adjuncts through collective bargaining, and reflect on why the movement took so long to take off.
The Pulse Podcast: Charley Miller of TouchCast
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast features an interview with Charley Miller, head of product at TouchCast, a new...
Opinion
Box Scores and College Ratings
In an open letter to Arne Duncan, Thomas Foley compares how success is defined in the education secretary's beloved sport to methods of measuring higher ed performance.
Low Expectations, High Stakes
New report sheds light on the oft-ignored adjunctification of community colleges, which may be a barrier to college completion.
The STEM Enrollment Boom
Since the recession, undergraduate enrollments have gone up dramatically, but primarily in engineering and biology and not at expense of humanities and social sciences, study finds.