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U. of California Reaches Tentative Pact With Lecturers, Librarians
The University of California on Tuesday announced tentative deals with two of its academic unions -- for lecturers and librarians...
Israeli Scientist Wins Nobel in Chemistry
Daniel Shechtman was this morning named winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work discovering quasicrystals --...
Boulder Students Pay Business to Gain In-State Status
Increasing numbers of out-of-state students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are filing petitions to get in-state status, and...
Are Western Universities Dominating Canadian Higher Ed?
Ontario may be losing its status as being the focal point of Canadian higher education, The Ottawa Citizen reported. The...
Meetings With For-Profits Preceded British Plan
David Willetts, the minister in charge of higher education in Britain's government, held meetings with officials of for-profit higher education...
Nobel in Physics
The winner or winners of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics will be announced this morning. This item will be...
A Union Ponders a Post-Union Future
Leaders of the Madison Area Technical College Part-Time Teachers' Union are floating an unusual idea to transform the union in...
Impact of Not Reporting Grades at Top MBA Programs
The practice at elite M.B.A. programs of not reporting student grades is popular but may not be achieving its stated...