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Transfer and the Community College Mission
College completion gets plenty of attention these days. But the challenges many students face in transferring from community colleges to...
Mo Yan Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature
Mo Yan, the a pseudonym for the Chinese novelist and short story writer Guan Moye, was this morning awarded the...
Academic Minute: Benefits of Social Stability
In today’s Academic Minute, Susan Perry of the University of California Los Angeles explores how early stability can shape the...
Deficit Leads to Layoffs at King's of Pennsylvania
King's College, in Pennsylvania, recently announced layoffs that will eliminate 11 full-time non-faculty positions, with the goal of eliminating a...
Transition at Columbia Journalism School
Nicholas Lemann will announce today that he is stepping down as the journalism dean at Columbia University, The New York...
Adjuncts at Wright State Vote to Unionize
Full-time, non-tenure-track faculty members at Wright State University have voted, 92-29, to unionize. They voted to join the existing unit...
Suit Over Unsuccessful $2.2M Bid to Get Into Harvard
A couple from Hong Kong paid an educational "consultant" $2.2 million in an unsuccessful effort to get their sons into...
2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Robert J. Lefkowitz, of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University Medical Center; and Brian K. Kobilka, of the...