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Organized Against Labor
Conservative group has been filing information requests and complaints against university centers that work with unions; AAUP charges violation of academic freedom.
SNL Spoofs Ads of a Certain For-Profit University
Notice a lot of advertising from for-profit universities of late? Apparently so did the producers at "Saturday Night Live." This...
Reforming the Humanities Ph.D.
Analysis of key effort to change doctoral programs offers insights into how they can cut time to degree and help grads land tenure-track jobs, and challenges assumptions on gender and what happens to those who leave programs.
Whose Metrics?
As community colleges begin national accountability project, Oregon experience shows that the numbers that lawmakers may want don’t always overlap with the ones educators need.
Fallout From a Study Abroad Controversy
An Evergreen State College professor has been placed on leave after an audit revealed that he could not account for...
Oxford Releases Interview Questions
In an attempt to show that there are no "trick questions," the University of Oxford has for the first time...
Remediation Worries and Successes
At national gathering of community college trustees, many search for answers -- and some colleges report strategies that may be working.
Half-Learned Lessons
Ten years after the National Center for Academic Transformation began course redesigns, early adopters applaud learning outcomes but remain ambivalent about the cost reduction.