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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...
Teaching or Preaching?
The headline on the press release sure sounds like this is a case to be outraged over: "Ill. prof. fired...
Blackboard's Bid to Galvanize E-Texts
ORLANDO — In a series of moves that could give a boost to an e-textbook industry that has been treading...
A Moving Goalpost
The academic benchmarks the National Collegiate Athletic Association uses to determine whether teams’ athletes are progressing toward graduation no longer...
Creating the Perfect Instructor
Researchers at British university determine which characteristics go into a professor who will be loved by students.
Does the Messenger Matter?
Tom Harkin, the senator leading Congressional scrutiny of for-profit higher education, defends his reliance on an investor who bets that the sector has seen its best days.
Professor Betty White
Betty White is becoming a community college professor -- of the fictional variety. The Los Angeles Times reported that she...
NCAA Violations at Ball State U.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association has put Ball State University on three years' probation for rules violations in its women’s...