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What the Pledge Means
SEATTLE – Six influential community college organizations signed a commitment to boost student completion rates by 50 percent over the...
The Back-Up Plan
Many a successful journal article is published not in the publication where the author first submitted, but in another one...
Left Out of Gen Ed
When colleges and universities revamp curricular requirements, disciplines can become winners or losers. Those fields that are required (or that...
Anthropology and Racial Politics
Anthropology may loosely be defined as the study of human culture -- but throughout the discipline's history, some cultures have...
A Strategic Leap Online
Middlebury College has been known for years for immersion-based language instruction and liberal arts education. So when the college announced...
Why They Take So Long
Students who take too long to earn bachelor's degrees are the frustration of parents, college leaders and policy makers alike...
No Letup From Washington
CHICAGO -- If you closed your eyes and listened to the various highlighted speakers at the Higher Learning Commission's annual...
Eroding Retirement Contributions
For many faculty members, this year has been one of adjusting to the reality that their retirement nest egg is...