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What does it say when a community college district in California sees more graduates go to private colleges or leave the state than enter public university systems?
Controversial Journalism Prof to Retire
Northwestern University announced Monday that David Protess will retire on August 31. As professor of journalism, Protess won acclaim for...
Academic Minute: Disasters and Economic Recovery
In today’s Academic Minute, Bryant University's Andres Ramirez explores how economies respond to earthquakes and other natural disasters. Ramirez is...
Where Low-Income Students Go to College
Students who grow up in poverty are nearly four times likelier to enroll in for-profit colleges than are other students...
From Provost to Education Dean
Claude Steele, who left Stanford University to become provost of Columbia University two years ago, is returning to the Farm...
British University Moves to Add Junior Faculty
At a time that most British universities are announcing cutbacks, the University of Birmingham has announced plans to hire 50...
Music School Will Merge With Bard
The Longy School of Music -- which operates in Cambridge, Mass., as a music school for children and a conservatory...
Catholic U. Will Return to Single-Sex Dorms
The new president of Catholic University of America, John Garvey, announced Monday in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal...