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Trickle-Down Economic Duress
Months of national fiscal strain have had little direct impact on most colleges so far. As liquidity crisis intensifies, a few signs of actual distress begin to emerge in higher education.
California Passes Law Protecting Animal Researchers
Signed by Schwarzenegger, the law is already in effect, adding new misdemeanors designed to protect academic freedom of intimidated scientists.
Palin's Campus Outpost
You can’t see Russia from Stanford University, but one of its newly decorated dorms sure feels like Sarah Palin’s hometown...
'Stuck in the Shallow End'
Jane Margolis is a scholar of equity issues raised by technology whose previous book was Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women and...
Border-Crossing Universities
Europe is seeing new models for foreign institutions. In Britain, a Malaysian university opens to serve immigrant students.
Shifting Winds in Arabic Teaching
Breaking with the long-standing norm for Arabic instruction, Cornell program combines instruction in written and spoken language -- an approach catching on elsewhere.
A 'Penalty' for Starting at a Community College?
Almost half of students enrolled in public colleges attend two-year institutions, whose role in expanding access to higher education continues...