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Let’s Make a Deal
Facing pressure to hold prices down, public universities are proposing ways to freeze or reduce the cost of attendance – but they want something in return.
What’s Driving Debt
New paper finds that admissions and financial aid policies play a larger role than tuition prices do in driving student debt.
Friday, Higher Ed Icon, Dies
William C. Friday, founding president of the University of North Carolina system, was in many ways the prototypical higher education leader.
New Presidents or Provosts: Career Education Corp., Fresno Pacific U., SUNY-Albany, U. of New Mexico, Woodbury U.
Chaouki Abdallah, interim provost at the University of New Mexico, has been named to the job on a permanent basis...
Opinion
Lessons From Swiss Watch-Makers
Higher education, facing many challenges, needs to focus more on brand equity, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
Sports in the Board Room
Governing boards should be more involved in athletics oversight, for financial, ethical and academic reasons, a new report argues.
No More Easy Money
Finance officials say languid endowment returns are another revenue constraint for colleges and universities, driving more discussion about cuts.
Opinion
What I'll Do as Yale's President
Wick Sloane's vision for resuscitating the social mission of what was once one of the world's great universities.