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Panel Blocks University Status for Israeli West Bank Institution
A government committee in Israel on Wednesday blocked university status for the Ariel University Center, an Israeli academic institution located...
Controversial Columbia U. Dean Quits
Feniosky Peña-Mora, dean of Columbia University's engineering college, has resigned amid widespread faculty criticism of his performance, The New York...
Academic Minute: Economic Impact of Sports Arenas
In today’s Academic Minute, Kurt Rotthoff of Seton Hall University tests claims about the economic benefit of investing in large...
New Tactic on Tuition Freezes in California
California students have struggled (without much success) to win tuition freezes in public higher education. Now a graduate of the...
Bias Hoax at Central Connecticut
In March, hundreds of students at Central Connecticut State University held a rally to back Alexandra Pennell, a student who...
New For-Profit Classification System
The Institute for Higher Education Policy has devised a new classification system to measure the performance and characteristics of for-profit...
1 of 8 Teams Survives Maryland Athletics Cuts
All of the sports except one that were slated for elimination at the University of Maryland at College Park were...
Poll on Value of College Degrees
A new poll of 1,000 adults -- released by Widmeyer Communications -- has mixed results for those in higher education...