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Status and College Football
Why do American universities (unlike those across the world) make athletics central? Why are so many institutions desperate to join top conferences? Sociologists offer a theory on how sports change universities, sometimes for the better.
Liberal Arts vs. Internships
Elite colleges that identify themselves as non-vocational resist awarding credit for internships, even as they face pressure to do so, study finds.
Opinion
Shopping Around
Some colleges are resisting the Education Department's new "Shopping Sheet." That's a mistake, writes Rachel Fishman, because it helps students and parents compare true costs of college.
What’s a Board to Do?
In second half of retreat, U.Va. board focuses on how to restructure and divide responsibility between board and president, with lessons that might be applicable to other boards.
Newly Tenured ... at Cal State Fullerton, Villanova
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: California State University at Fullerton Carol Ames...
Majoring in Free Content
Saylor Foundation's 240 free online courses now offer a pathway to college credit, thanks to new partnerships with Excelsior College and StraighterLine. But will students follow that path?
Opinion
Trailing the Lone Wolf
A new book treats solo acts of political terrorism as a rising trend. Scott McLemee can't avoid reading it.
‘Mission-Driven, Market-Smart’
In the face of concerns about market constraints on tuition, liberal arts colleges are starting to promote existing strengths to new groups, including corporate partners.