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At Madison, a Plan to Charge More and Deliver More
The University of Wisconsin at Madison is proposing a surcharge on all students from family incomes of at least $80,000...
TIAA-CREF Toughens Sudan Stance -- Without Divestment Yet
TIAA-CREF on Thursday announced a tougher position on several companies that have been accused of supporting the authorities who encourage...
Split Results in Texas on Evolution
Opponents of teaching evolution failed Thursday to require Texas schools to teach the "weaknesses" of evolutionary theory, but they succeeded...
Troubling (and Politicized?) Data on Student Loan Defaults
The most important fact about the preliminary data the U.S. Education Department released Thursday about student loan default rates is...
IRS Loses (Again) on Taxes for Medical Residents
A U.S. appeals court -- the fourth to do so -- rules that future doctors are not automatically ineligible for student exemption from payroll taxes.
At Two-Year Colleges, a Year of Language
City Colleges of Chicago system proposes foreign language requirement for all associate of arts students.
Promoting Early College
Educators argue that challenging underrepresented and remedial students to earn at least two years' worth of college credit and a high school diploma at the same time can improve their outcomes.
The Impact of Dropping the SAT
New research finds that end of test requirement leads to more diversity of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic diversity. Impact would grow if more colleges didn't just make test optional, but ignored scores entirely.