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Board Tussle Over Race
At Milwaukee Area Technical College, some students, faculty and community members feel the new, pro-business appointment process to the institution's board disenfranchises minorities.
Pell Grants in High School
The Obama administration will help some high school students pay for college courses while still in high school by allowing limited access to Pell Grants.
Toilet Paper Inequity
Ryerson U students reveal that administrators' bathrooms feature two-ply, while everyone else has one-ply.
Rush to Revoke (or Not)
Honorary degrees are the last remaining tie many colleges have with Bill Cosby. More and more institutions are rescinding them, but some are refusing to do so.
The Political Pick
In picking Margaret Spellings as UNC System's president, are board members showing a preference for ability to work within a political system, rather than an academic system?
Libertine or Frugal?
Duquesne students push back -- and get a partial apology -- when president questions their motives and morals for wanting to live off campus.
Dysfunction at Florida A&M
A board's failed attempt to oust its president reveals deep-rooted dysfunction at a public historically black university.
Opinion
Accreditation's Real Cost (and Value)
Recent studies to the contrary, most colleges and schools don't spend very much on process of ensuring students get the best education possible, write Belle S. Wheelan and Mark A. Elgart.