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Debate Over Debt Relief Begins
Education Department starts negotiations over a new federal debt relief process -- and weighs new possible sanctions for risky colleges.
In Reversal, GW Is Latest to Rescind Cosby Degree
In an about-face, George Washington University announced Monday that it would rescind the honorary degree it awarded Bill Cosby in...
Hobsons to Buy Analytics Project
Hobsons, a student-success-oriented company, will buy the Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework, a nonprofit learning-analytics project that last year was...
Challenging the Barista Myth
Federal Reserve economists say while recent college graduates struggled during the economic downturn, they did better than most believe.
Historians as Futurists
Is history really future studies in reverse? Panel at recent gathering of historians' association makes case for teaching the future.
Rediscovering a Lost Part of the Brain
Did scientific rivalry delay an important discovery in brain research? In today's Academic Minute, Indiana University's Franco Pestilli examines how...
Selling the English Major
At MLA, professors consider how to make the case for their discipline -- and talk about salary prospects -- to prospective students, but also to parents, presidents and politicians.
The Rule Breakers
NCAA punished more than half of Power Five conference members and more than a quarter of all Division I colleges for major violations in last decade.