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A Bookended Approach to Attracting Chinese Students
1+2+1 dual degrees, in which students start and finish at a Chinese university with two years at an American college in between, are becoming more popular.
Open Textbook Meets Community Colleges
Rice University's open educational resources Web site publishes a popular 2-year college text for anyone to read, reuse or remix -- free.
Awarding Degrees Without Permission
How can a public university open a campus in another state and issue diplomas without the permission of its own board or accreditor?
Why 'Nonprofit' Does NOT Mean 'Lose Money'
It was just a tidbit of information, offered toward the end of a presentation slotted in that sleepy, after-lunch-at-a-jampacked-conference hour...
For Adjuncts, Progress and Complexities
As activists gather from across North America, they point to breakthrough contracts -- but face tensions over unions' role and how to best make their case.
Presidential 'Pabulum' and a Professor's Punishment
The e-mail messages wouldn't have won Donald Steiner any dinner invitations to the president's home. In one e-mail to a...