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Cost of College a Bipartisan Concern
House Democrats introduce Higher Education Act bill that would shame institutions that raise prices sharply; 747-page measure would increase federal role in other ways, too.
Saving Time or Betraying Trust?
A proposal at the University of Maryland to detect possible plagiarism with software pits overworked graduate students against students and professors.
University Training in the Skilled Trades
With a wave of retirements expected, institutions find that they must provide a new kind of education to keep up with their own demand for electricians and HVAC mechanics.
Football Diaries
“Redshirts,” written by a Middlebury lecturer and playwright, tackles the rocky relationship between academics and athletics at a fictional Division I university.
Sending in the Class Monitor
Brandeis professor fights university decision that he violated anti-bias policy after using a word some students found offensive. He says word was used for historical illustration.
Faculty Productivity, Learning to Teach, Student Satisfaction
Researchers on higher education gather for annual meeting and release a slew of studies on colleges, students and professors.