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Montgomery College Sued Over Tuition Policy
Three residents of Montgomery County, Maryland are suing to force the college to end a policy that allows some Montgomery...
Academic Minute: Mathematics and Tiling
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Arkansas' Edmund Harriss examines the importance of tiling to current and historical mathematics...
Bonuses and Raises Amid U. of California Cuts
Past and future budget cuts have been the focus of this week's meetings of the University of California Board of...
What the Republican Budget Hawks Would Eliminate
The Republican Study Committee -- a G.O.P. caucus focused on cutting federal spending -- on Thursday unveiled its plans to...
Retention Ups and Downs
First- to second-year retention rates are edging up at community colleges, and down at four-year colleges, according to an analysis...
Documenting Adjuncts' Pay Gap
If part-time faculty members assembled the equivalent course duties of a full-time job at a Pennsylvania community college, they still...
The Invisible Computer Lab
Colleges experimenting with 'virtual computing labs' say the cloud-based hubs are cheaper, more flexible, and poised to take over.
A Call for Centralized Funding of Europe's Universities
A leading academic has called for top European universities to be directly funded through the European Union in a bid...