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Setting Up a Showdown on Spending
House committee approves education appropriations bill, with increased funding for Pell and other programs left intact.
Raucous House Passes Student Aid Bill
Measure would bolster Pell Grants and cut interest rates by cutting lender subsidies gains; questions raised about Sallie Mae deal.
Conference Wrapup: Financial Literacy and SMART Grants
At financial aid directors' meeting, sessions explore best practices on student financial literacy and assess 2 new federal aid programs.
Skepticism of Faculty and Tenure
New poll finds majority of public believes bias is problem in college classrooms and questions role of tenure.
State Leaders Tackle Unit Records, Remediation
At forum held by Education Commission of the States, policy makers grapple with tough higher ed issues.
Peripatetic President
Gordon Gee stuns Vanderbilt -- site of his fifth presidency -- by quitting to return to Ohio State, site of his third and soon-to-be sixth.
Competitive Acrobatics
Button on new Adobe Reader lets users send PDFs to FedEx Kinko's for printing. Now college print shops say they are being squeezed out.