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Taking Both Sides on Textbook Prices
Students' costs have risen sharply, but mostly because publishers have sought to improve teaching and learning, GAO report finds.
Stopping the Clock -- Without Asking
If you are a junior professor at Princeton and become a parent, you get an extra year before tenure review -- automatically.
Sports Shorts: Court Orders Release of Paterno Pay, Fla. State and North Dakota Challenge NCAA Mascot Ruling
Paterno's Pay: A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Friday that the state's retirement board was obligated to make public the pay...
Google's Small Nod to Publishers
Google has made relatively few missteps during its phenomenally successful corporate life so far -- and its officials probably wouldn't...
Earning the AP Name
Teachers will need to submit course plans for approval if they want their classes to be part of the Advanced Placement program.
The Sociology of IRB's
For decades, but especially in recent years, social scientists have been frustrated by institutional review boards, campus bodies that must...
Women and Science, Post-Summers
Sociologists offer unexplored issues raised by the Harvard president's comments -- and suggestions on how colleges should change.