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Ex-Employee and Wife Charged in $1.9M Theft From Vassar
Arthur Fisher, a former construction project manager at Vassar College, and his wife have been charged with stealing $1.9 million...
Report: Trustees Have Key Role in Overseeing Educational Quality
College and university governing boards must respect the central role of faculty and academic administrators in curricular and other academic...
Report on Effort to Improve Graduate Education
The Council of Graduate Schools is today releasing a report on steps taken by universities, academic departments and other groups...
China Again Recognizes U. of Calgary
China has restored the University of Calgary to the country's list of accredited universities, a list that many Chinese students...
Online Educators Wary of U.S. Rule on 'State Authorization' of Programs
Colleges that offer online programs to students in multiple states have been told that if they do not show a...
New Effort to Place Humanities Ph.D.'s in Non-Academic Jobs
The American Council of Learned Societies has started a new fellowship program that will place eight recent humanities Ph.D.s in...
Key Republican Has Harsh Words for Pell Grants
Rising costs have led to much more scrutiny of the Pell Grant Program, but The Huffington Post noted that a...
Judge Cuts $5M Damages Awarded to 2 Profs
A federal judge has reduced the $5 million in damages awarded (in total) to two law professors to a total...