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Thousands of Michigan Students Will Lose Food Stamps
Michigan is tightening the rules of Food Stamp eligibility to bar up to 20,000 college students from the program, The...
Questioning the 'Citation Advantage'
What if everything you knew about the incentives for publishing in an open-access journal was wrong? That is the provocative...
Report Finds Green Funds Increasing; Investment Returns Strong
Colleges' “green revolving-funds” -- money set aside to provide up-front capital for investments that reduce environmental impact, such as light...
Community Colleges May Collaborate to Save on Health Insurance
Eleven community colleges in Illinois are considering a plan to join forces on health insurance so that their larger pool...
Connecticut Governor Seeks Higher Ed Governance Overhaul
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday proposed an overhaul of governance of higher education. He would create a single...
Report Questions Validity of Measures of Students' Need for Remediation
The predictive value of the tests that most community colleges use to decide which students should need developmental courses before...
U. of Kentucky's Tribute to Coal
When the University of Kentucky announced that its new basketball dormitory would be named, at the request of donors with...
Academic Minute: Valentine's Day Economics
In today’s Academic Minute, Duke University's Dan Ariely discusses the purely economic side of decisions about Valentine’s Day gifts. Find...