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A Shared Responsibility
Colleges and students are trying to find a middle ground between the increasing demands for mental health services and the rising costs of providing it.
Opinion
What Took the Place of Western Civ?
What appeared during the 1980s to be an invigorating and just revision of a narrow curriculum has turned out to be no curriculum at all, writes Mark Bauerlein.
Public Partners With For-Profit
Arkansas State University is mulling over partnering with a for-profit company to start the state's first vet school. Is this what the state, and its students, need?
When a 'Threat' Derails a Career
La Verne seeks to terminate a gadfly professor for allegedly threatening to "assassinate" a colleague. Is it going too far?
Public Universities, Prison-Made Furniture
Public universities in several states are obligated to buy furniture and other products made in state prisons, which some students call exploitative.
College Lobbying Declined After Earmarks
Many colleges have pulled back on lobbying Congress. But with talk of earmarks coming back, will higher education institutions start spending big on K Street lobbyists again?
Endowments at 2-Year Colleges
Despite the presumption that endowments are a four-year college's game, community colleges have made significant gains in fundraising over the years.
Another Portland Institution Closes
Concordia University in Portland, Ore., announced it will be closing at the end of the spring semester. While the university had grown its graduate enrollment, it cited the changing nature of higher education as a reason for its closure.