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Why Some of the Best and Brightest Skip College
Study finds that steep price and perceived unavailability of financial aid are the overwhelming reasons some college-qualified high school students don't enroll.
As Economy Wavers, Online Enrollments Climb
Annual study finds double-digit gains in online education, in part due to fuel costs, surprising some who predicted the rate would eventually flatten.
Discrediting the "Model Minority" Stereotype
Chinese Americans are not as homogeneous as they are sometimes portrayed -- this is particularly apparent in their college-going rates...
Vigilante Justice on Plagiarism
At Texas A&M International, an instructor told students he would fail and publicly humiliate them if they engaged in academic dishonesty. They did and he did -- so the university fired him.
So Goes the Nation
California and New York governors propose a round of midyear budget reductions for higher education, and more states are expected to follow suit.
Nicholls State Faulted on Treatment of Long-Term Adjunct
AAUP finds concerns about due process and academic freedom in case of mathematics instructor let go after 12 years of work.