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Report: Profit Still Rare, Expenses Still Rising at Athletic Programs
There are more than 120 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision – the top level of National Collegiate Athletic Association...
Study: Football Success Boosts Applications (With a Caveat)
A successful football season causes a 17.7 percent boost in applications to an institution, but the increase is more apparent...
Rice's Open Textbook Arm to Double Its Offerings
OpenStax College, the year-old Rice University startup that produces free online textbooks, will more than double the number of fields...
UMass Students Arrested in Connection to Boston Bombings
Two men charged in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings on Wednesday were in the U.S. on student visas and...
Florida Senate Advances Plan to Turn to Outside Course Providers
The Florida Senate passed a measure Wednesday designed to allow outside groups, including the providers of massive open online courses...
Dining Hall Workers Vote to Unionize at Pomona
Dining hall workers at Pomona College voted Tuesday, 57 to 26, to unionize and to be represented by Unite Here...
A Call to 'Commit Sociology'
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently annoyed academics in his country by suggesting that only a law-and-order approach was needed...
Australian Academics Say Government Betrayed Them
An open letter from 1,000 Australian academics to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, published today in newspapers across that country, calls...