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New Faces of Civic Learning
More community and commuter colleges are striving to get students involved in civic engagement projects and courses, which have traditionally thrived at residential campuses.
Union Impact and Non-Impact
Study comparing grad students with and without collective bargaining for their teaching work finds that those with unions have better pay, and that they are just as close to their professors as those on other campuses.
Shift on Grad Unions
NYU offers to permit election on collective bargaining for teaching assistants, but not for research assistants. Move marks shift for university, but union leader says it is based on "arbitrary distinctions."
Higher Education's Payoff
A report from the College Board finds that bachelor's-degree recipients earn 65 percent more over a 40-year, full-time work life than high school graduates do.
Faculty on the NCAA's Future
Faculty athletics representatives take a stab at NCAA governance recommendations -- and advocate for a new division for the biggest, wealthiest programs. They explain why, and why faculty input matters, in an interview.
Opinion
Job Trends
This year's crop of back-to-school analyses has a heavy focus on jobs. Peter Stokes dissects what that means for colleges and students.
Pros as Proof of NCAA Cartel
Comparing professional league salary shares to athletics department scholarship appropriations, study argues NCAA and colleges' monopolistic practices could end only through court action or student unionization.
Less Choice, More Mainstreaming
Latino students need colleges and states to focus on completion as well as access, and to reform remedial education, Colorado's lieutenant governor tells fellow educators.