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Another Dean of Academic Engagement
Last week we reported on the creation of a new position -- "dean of engaged learning" -- at Robert Morris...
Light Collection Plates
The financial climate is prompting many theological schools -- small, endowment-dependent institutions, many of them -- to consider mergers and other new ways of doing business.
Outsourcing Teaching, Overseas
In Utah State degree program in Asia, "lead professors" (from Utah) design the course work and assign the grade, but "local facilitators" (from partner universities) deliver much of the course content.
Proposal Revived for Donors to Save Courses
The chancellor of City College of San Francisco, Don Griffin, has revived his plan to have donors "sponsor" courses that...
Prof Fired for Depositing Student Payments in His Account
Do-it-yourself tuition collection by professors apparently doesn't go over well at Florida Gulf Coast University. The Fort Myers News-Press reported...
Extra Credit for Abstaining From Facebook
Robert Doade, an associate professor of philosophy at Trinity Western University, in British Columbia, is among those academics who believe...
A Resignation and a Proposal
President of financial aid group quits amid charges related to past position, as student aid officials put forward alternative to Obama student loan plan.