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Distance Ed Continues Rapid Growth at Community Colleges
While Blackboard dominates course-management market at 2-year colleges, more institutions are looking elsewhere.
Reaching Out to Students in Foster Care
Community colleges consider how they can enroll and graduate a particularly vulnerable population.
Predicting and Preventing Campus Violence
Experts in the field gather at Columbia University to discuss school shooters, student suicides and the law, among other topics.
College Isn't Worth a Million Dollars
Go ahead -- just try to find an instance in the last few years in which someone trying to make...
Winning Hearts and Minds in War on Plagiarism
To many writing instructors, going nuclear (expulsion threats) or high tech (detection software) have failed to stop cheating. So they aim for small victories, through new approaches to teaching about academic integrity.
Key Lawmakers Plan for Student Loan Credit Crunch
As another leading lender leaves the federal program, lawmakers propose mix of increased Pell Grants, raised limits on federal loans, and offer of U.S. support for lenders struggling to raise capital.
What Is a Composition and Rhetoric Doctorate?
Data show stability in number of programs and enrollments, but continued shifts in what programs are called, reflecting tensions within the field over its role and whether it is a single field.
Student Financial Counseling (Outside the Aid Office)
A growing number of colleges are offering seminars on how to manage money, deal with debt and pay for education.