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Planning Ahead for Higher Education
The percentage of high school sophomores who plan to earn a bachelor's degree or higher reached 72 percent in 2002...
Gender Impact
State efforts to eliminate affirmative action may focus on race, but they can also destroy programs for female students, says a new report.
Professors Targeted by Hate Group
An anti-Semitic Web site is publishing photographs and biographies of Jewish faculty members at UCLA's law school.
Congress Sends a Signal
In the prevailing climate of recent Congresses, dominated by the push for belt tightening and the shift of power to...
Variable Rate for Loan Consolidation 'Viable,' GAO Says
The Education Department's proposal to start charging a variable interest rate instead of a fixed, low rate to borrowers who...
Layoffs and Turmoil
Cuts in California's Ventura County Community College District infuriate professors and students.
Ancient Greek Survives at Brandeis
For months now, Brandeis professors have been riled by the possibility that key liberal arts programs -- including instruction in...
A Nation's Colleges at Risk
American higher education, long the envy of the world, faces such serious problems -- especially with graduation rates -- that...