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No More Study Hall?
New federal rule relaxes 2006 restrictions on student welfare recipients -- including stipulation on supervised homework -- but experts say barriers to access remain.
Promoting Career Flexibility
A novel idea from Simmons College: If you want professors to learn management skills, you need to give them some time. Plus other awards for creative ways to help faculty.
Accreditors as Federal 'Gatekeepers'
Accreditation is often defined as the "voluntary" system of peer review by which higher education regulates itself. But there’s really...
Rethinking Remedial Education
In statewide effort, community colleges in California experiment with new models for "basic skills" instruction and student services.
Professors for ... Hoover?
As scholarly groups line up behind presidential candidates in 2008, law journal shows that the academic punditocracy has been around for generations.
Challenge to the Power of Tenure
U.S. court ruling involving unusual law in Puerto Rico could endanger faculty rights, AAUP warns.
The Sociology of 'Hooking Up'
Many researchers rely on college undergraduates as subjects for studies of human behavior. For Kathleen A. Bogle, an assistant professor...