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Sequester Strains Science Researchers
Across-the-board spending cuts are prompting scientists across the country to lay off staff, close laboratories and scramble for other sources of funding. Another round of reductions is slated to take effect in the coming fiscal year.
Pondering Pell
Congressional study explains why primary need-based-aid program ballooned in cost and explores how possible policy changes would affect spending -- and students.
Didn't Mean to Offend...
Creative writing professor at Michigan State crossed line from free expression to disrespect on the first day of class, administrators say. Faculty advocates say he's entitled to hearing before peers.
Margaret Spellings on Obama Plan
President George W. Bush's education secretary got slammed when her commission proposed a new accountability regime for higher education. She responds to the new president's ideas, and academe's reactions to it.
Opinion
Kick the Reform Habit
President Obama should promote accountability through student aid, but if he wants real change he must abandon the fantasy that an algorithm can judge colleges, writes Sherman Dorn.
Leaner and Meaner
As Education Department begins new round of deliberations over "gainful employment," its draft language is both simpler and stricter.
Opinion
Real Numbers, Real Goals
Ben Miller explains how the White House can lead the way in designing a meaningful college rating system.
A Restrained Response, For Now
In wake of president's ambitious college ratings proposal, higher ed groups -- despite concerns about potential impact of the amorphous plan -- generally take a wait-and-see approach.