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Mountain West Conference Concedes to BCS, For Now
This week’s hearing about the Bowl Championship Series on Capitol Hill may have been much ado about nothing. After its...
Wisconsin and Texas Expand Deals With Google
The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Wisconsin at Madison have expanded their deals with Google Books...
Suffolk U. Board Cleared in Conflict of Interest Case
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has concluded that Suffolk University didn't break the law, but also didn't follow its own...
How the Public Views Science
Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe that science has had a positive impact on society and that science has made life...
Public Good, Private Money
World Conference on Higher Education concludes, with government officials from Brazil and India taking up issues of access and branch campuses, respectively.
A Geneticist for NIH Director
President Obama chooses the genome scientist Francis Collins as his nominee for director of the biomedical research agency.
Disconcerting Data on Student Debt
Analysis of federal statistics shows rise in borrowing for college, especially costlier and riskier alternative loans.
A Dollar a Day Not to Get Pregnant
Program that pays at-risk teen girls is controversial -- and helps send some on to college.