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After a Murder, Auburn Faulted for Eliminating Campus Police
The parents of an Auburn University student who was kidnapped on campus in 2008 have filed a claim alleging that...
Wisconsin Faculty Union May Merge With K-12 Union
Wisconsin’s two major education unions are planning to merge, in light of declining memberships following 2011 anti-union legislation, the Milwaukee...
Rhodes Applicants Must Attest They Received No Help on Essays
In a new requirement, applicants to the Rhodes Scholarship must attest that they received no outside help at all in...
Laureate-Affiliated University in Chile Loses Last Accreditation Appeal
A Chilean university affiliated with the for-profit education company Laureate International Universities has lost its final bid to appeal the...
Education Dept. Reschedules ‘Symposium’ on Ratings
The Education Department has again rescheduled its “ technical symposium” on the Obama administration’s proposed college ratings system. The new...
Academic Minute: New Stygobitic Species
In today’s Academic Minute, Thomas Sawicki of American Public University describes the discovery of a number of new species in...
Union Contract for Maine Community College Adjuncts
Adjuncts in the Maine Community College System, who teach about 45 percent of all courses, have won their first union...
Colleges Pitch Possible Experiments With Competency-Based Programs
A group of institutions that favor a competency-based approach to student learning have offered examples of the sorts of approaches...