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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Universities in Quebec Plan to Leave Regional Association
A majority of the 18 universities in Quebec have said they will leave the association that represents postsecondary institutions in...
Dispute Over Adjunct Union at Pacific Lutheran U.
Pacific Lutheran University has become the latest to object to a possible union of non-tenure-track faculty members, saying that collective...
Singaporean Scholars Raise Concerns about Controversial Tenure Denial
The denial of tenure for Cherian George, an associate professor of journalism at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, has attracted criticisms...