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Cal State Faculty Union Calls Off Planned Strike
California Faculty Association, the faculty union for the California State University System, on Thursday postponed indefinitely its five-day strike planned...
Whitman Drops 'Missionary' Name for Mascot
Whitman College, a liberal arts institution in Washington State, is named for Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 19th-century Christian missionaries. But...
Skidmore Drops Admissions Testing Requirement
Skidmore College announced Wednesday that it is dropping its past requirement that applicants submit SAT or ACT scores. “We’ve found...
The 21st-Century Public Research University
A report offers suggestions for how public research universities can thrive at a time of declining state support and increasing accountability.
Hurricane Irene Erosion
While the West is drying out, the Northeastern U.S. is getting wetter. In today's Academic Minute, Worcester State University's Tim...
Protest and Power at Duke
Anger over the fallout from a powerful administrator hitting an employee with his car leads to takeover of administration building and debate over treatment of workers. University makes concessions, but sit-in continues. At Ohio State, a sit-in starts and ends.
Crisis Averted?
Low-income and nondependent students have been protected from state disinvestment in higher education during the last two decades because of increasing federal aid spending, a new study finds.
End of the Line in Wisconsin
When the Wisconsin Legislature took tenure out of state statute, faculty members at the University of Wisconsin at Madison hoped they could preserve the status quo in a campus policy. But that hope is fading amid new proposals on a policy for layoffs of professors.