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Trustee Troubles
New monograph offers anonymous presidents’ candid accounts of dealing with “rogue” community college board members.
The Interdisciplinary Science Library
Information experts consider how shifts in research change their role.
Bethune-Cookman Fires 4 Profs for Sexual Harassment
Bethune-Cookman University, in Florida, announced Tuesday night that it has fired four faculty members for sexual harassment of students, The...
Getting to the Finish Line
Gates Foundation's new round of grants ($6.4 million) aims to escalate attention paid to colleges' success in ensuring students' success.
North Carolina State Revokes a Golden Parachute
The interim chancellor of North Carolina State University has declared invalid a severance package approved for the former provost by...
The (Pro)-White Professor
Tenured scholar at U. of Vermont is seen by some as a racist for championing "European American" issues, but others defend his academic freedom.
Looking for Blame in Illinois Scandal
A special state commission examining the way the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign handled admissions involving politically connected applicants heard...
Higher Ed and the Third Reich
As Hitler rose to power, colleges in the U.S. responded with a mixture of indifference, complicity and collaboration, a new book argues.