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Student sues U of Cincinnati after being told she can't have male partner in physics lab. Emails suggest multiple university officials defended the policy, but university now says it was not mandatory.

Students at Michigan State University will no longer have to take college-level algebra, thanks to a revision of the general-education math requirement.

Australian universities' use of adjunct instructors grows much faster than other types of faculty employment -- especially for teaching-only positions.

Even if they could cheat without being penalized, most students will take an honest stab at homework questions, study finds.

As part of a new general-education program, Connecticut College rethinks the 100-level course.

Colleges are increasingly creating masculinity programs, aimed at boosting retention while encouraging students to rethink what it means to "be a man."

Major study of adaptive learning finds inconclusive results about its ability to improve outcomes and lower costs, but use at two-year colleges and in remedial courses shows potential.

University of Arizona has added faculty lines and a journal, and is planning a major conference and a master's program.