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Academic Minute: Storing Digital Data
In today’s Academic Minute, Francine Berman of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute discusses our growing need to store massive amounts of digital...
Iran May Separate Men and Women at Universities
Iran's higher education minister is studying plans that would separate men and women at the country's universities, The National reported...
Online and Incomplete
Community college students who enroll in distance courses are more likely to fail or drop out than are those in in-person classes, study finds.
N. Carolina Governor Opposes Proposal to Merge Community Colleges
Governor Bev Perdue of North Carolina said Monday that a legislative proposal to combine the operations of many of her...
Canadian Faculty Union Adopts Egalitarian Bargaining Principles
The Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia, which represents more than 10,000 faculty members at universities, colleges, institutes and...
Colleges Doubt SAT Fairness, But Buy Names
Many of the same colleges that have ended SAT requirements, noting that wealthy students tend to do well on the...
Judge Says Fired Professor Should Be Reinstated
A state judge has ruled that Florida Gulf Coast University should reinstate and provide back pay to David Lounsbury, a...
Cornell and Columbia Expand Library Partnership
Cornell and Columbia Universities announced Friday that they are expanding their efforts to collaborate in the management of their libraries...