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Commencement Speakers Announced: Duke, High Point, Rice, RIT
The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers: Duke University: Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate and a Bangladeshi banker/economist...
New Questions About Auburn Trustee
Bobby Lowder has long been a controversial trustee of Auburn University, seen by many as exercising too much control over...
Nobel in Economics Goes to Scholars at Indiana, Berkeley
The 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics will be shared by Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson. Ostrom, professor of...
Health Plans Faulted for Inattention to College Students
A nonpartisan group of student health experts issued a statement Saturday warning that none of the major proposals under consideration...
U. of Chicago Plans Faculty Expansion
The University of Chicago is planning a faculty expansion in coming year -- not just the unfreezing of selected positions...
Six-Figure Adjunct Salary ... for Key State Senator
The College of William and Mary gave a state senator, Tommy Norment, an appointment teaching two courses a year, for...
Adjunct Breakthroughs in Rhode Island Contract
Members of the adjunct union at Rhode Island College have voted to ratify a contract, the union's first with the...
UMass Plans Out-of-State Enrollment Surge
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst is planning to increase undergraduate enrollment by 15 percent over the next decade, with...