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Emergency Fund Proves Worth
Students at New Mexico community college who get one-time grants for unexpected life expenses – from car payments to emergency medical expenses – stay enrolled at higher rate than other students.
The Next Med School?
Louisiana College has announced plans to create a medical school in 2012, the Baptist Press reported. The program has a...
New Measure of Status of Education
A new tool -- the Educational Needs Index -- has been unveiled to help educators, politicians, and others measure the...
Another Black Harvard Professor Accuses Cambridge Police
A second black faculty member at Harvard University has come forward to detail what he calls racial bias that led...
U. of California Will Lend State $200M
The University of California -- in intense budget-cutting mode because of the state's fiscal mess -- is about to lend...
Ex-Dean at Illinois Criticizes Chancellor -- and Leaves Voicemail of Support
One focus of the investigation into the University of Illinois admissions scandal has been the way the Urbana-Champaign chancellor and...
Newly Tenured ... at Hood, LSU-Alexandria, Rockefeller U.
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: Hood College --Genevieve Gessert, art--Xinlian Liu, computer science Louisiana...
The Engineering Dropout Myth
Two studies suggest that for the discipline overall, and female students in particular, the challenge is recruitment, not retention.