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Ups and Downs in Grad Admissions
Offers to international students increased 3% from 2009 to 2010, while offers to applicants from the U.S. dropped 1%.
Colleges Cite Burden of U.S. Conflict of Interest Rules
New regulations proposed by the National Institutes of Health in May to restrict conflicts of interest in biomedical research sponsored...
Obama to Ease Cuba Travel Rules
The Obama administration is planning to ease travel restrictions to Cuba -- and specifically to make it easier for academic...
Sooner Plates in Texas?
Like many states, Texas gives car owners to option of paying extra for customized license plates honoring various colleges and...
Up, Up and Away
Harvard faculty members, to almost no one's surprise, find out that grade inflation prospers.
Politics or Civility?
New sociology research suggests that nonpolitical campus characteristics may influence whether conservative students thrive with or feel intimidated by faculty at overwhelmingly liberal institutions.
Test Takers Increase, Scores Don't
More and more students are taking the ACT in high school, but their scores are not increasing, finds the new...
Retired and Rehired
A community college president is reappointed, months after he retired to gain access to his pension.