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Colleges and the Common Core
MINNEAPOLIS -- For years, educators and policy makers have been talking about the need to better align K-12 and higher...
House Spending Bill Would Boost NIH and Pell
The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee approved a 2011 spending bill Thursday that would increase funds for the National Institutes...
Endowment, Worried by Markets, Buys Gold
The University of Texas Investment Management Company is worried enough about the state of the markets that it spent $500...
Continuing Debate Over Online Education
Online education has become a hot topic recently, with more and more institutions wanting to expand offerings. And that makes...
Technologically Illiterate Students
ORLANDO -- Say you are an employer evaluating college students for a job. Perusing one candidate’s Facebook profile, you notice...
As the Crow Flies
Arizona State University has serious problems, and that’s just the way Michael Crow wants it. Since Crow was named president...
The Role of the Regions
MINNEAPOLIS -- If the United States is to have even an outside chance of reaching the goal that President Obama...
An Error With Consequences
For months, top administrators at Birmingham-Southern College believed they had weathered the economic downturn reasonably well. Then, this spring, an...