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A Call to Fund the Young and Risky
Experts on academic science say federal systems discourage just the kind of grants that are most needed.
Scared Straight -- by Poetry?
It sounds like a joke: "What's worse than prison? A poetry class." But for 25 teens, the sentence for trashing a former Robert Frost home was a mini-course with a Middlebury scholar of the New England icon.
The 'College City,' Defined
The quintessential college town is lush and lined with quaint boulevards. It's Ann Arbor, Mich., Charlottesville, Va., and Boulder, Colo...
Exporting 2-Year Degrees
From a surprising source: Under new agreement, Montana State U. might design and offer two-year degree programs in Abu Dhabi.
First-of-Their-Kind Graduates
Four students with learning and developmental disabilities will earn degrees from Bellevue Community College next week, the first products of an unusual program.
Loyalty Oath Compromise
After 2 cases in which instructors lost jobs for refusing to sign, Cal State agrees to permit explanatory statements that will allow those with some religious beliefs to comply with state requirement.
A Facebook App for Every Occasion ... Even Recruiting
SUNY Plattsburgh, looking to broaden its applicant pool and generate buzz, turns to social networking for a bottom-up, "authentic" approach.