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The Evolving SAT Debates
College Board shifts policy to help repeat (generally wealthier) test takers; new study backs board claims on writing test, but questions whether verbal exam adds anything.
Above the Law?
U. of California asserts that it would not comply with legislation protecting student newspaper advisers from firings over content disputes. Is it allowed to pick and choose which state laws to follow?
Legal Win for Indiana Faculty Who Aren't Renewed
If a university declined to renew a non-tenure-track professor's fixed-term teaching contract, is the professor then voluntarily unemployed? According to...
Merit Aid Still King
Despite increased pressure to move more money away from merit-based aid programs and into need-based grants, there is little sign...
An Elite Law Degree -- in 2 Years
New Northwestern option comes amid interest in substantial shifts in the models of legal education. Dayton, pioneer in a compressed program, sees encouraging results.
Is This NIH's Year?
There's never enough money, it seems. Virtually every spring and summer, as Congress begins to allocate federal funds for the...