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Qualities That Promote Transfer
Using community colleges in Texas as models, a new report suggests that there are common features present at colleges that...
Obama Wants to Send 100,000 Students to China
China and the United States on Wednesday announced a series of steps to improve relations between the two countries. One...
Affirmative Action at Israeli Universities
About 2,000 students at Israeli universities were admitted under affirmative action programs designed to diversify the student bodies, according to...
Geographical Society Journals Go to Wiley-Blackwell
Continuing a trend in which nonprofit disciplinary societies are turning to commercial publishers, the American Geographical Society and Wiley-Blackwell on...
Another University Joins Kindle Boycott
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is joining Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin at Madison in announcing that...
Lack of Diversity Faulted in Football Leadership
Although more than half of the athletes in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are black...
First Athletic Scholarships for Squash
George Washington University has become the first college to offer athletic scholarships for squash, The Washington Post reported. The university...
Pittsburgh Mayor Loses a Round on Tuition Tax
A key panel on Tuesday rejected a 1 percent tax on tuition proposed by Pittsburgh's mayor, Luke Ravenstahl, but he...