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Productivity: Age Is Just a Number
New study pushes back on decades of studies suggesting that scientific productivity peaks early and declines thereafter.
Connecting on Climate Change Research
Indiana University’s new “grand challenge” takes a practical approach by seeking to connect university research on environmental change to the lives and work of people across the conservative state.
Purdue Tackles Job Training
University touts new deal to train for IT outsourcing firm’s U.S. hiring push, but faculty balk at lack of control over curriculum.
Consolidating for Success
Will merger with Georgia State U, a completion rate success story, boost the rock-bottom graduation rates of two-year Georgia Perimeter College?
What's Right and Wrong About Research Universities
As he departs as president of the Association of American Universities, Hunter R. Rawlings III considers where leading research universities are today.
Competency for the Traditional-Age Student
Accreditor approves Purdue's new competency-based bachelor's degree, which blends technical disciplines with the humanities and has a customizable approach designed more for a career than a first job.
Small Grants, Big Impact
Interest builds for microgrants aimed at students with money problems -- sometimes awards as small as $300 -- which can have a big impact in promoting graduation.
A Degree When 'Life Happens'
For some colleges, reverse transfer isn't just a way to hand out degrees to boost completion numbers.