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Students Help Students Study Abroad
Monies for overseas education can be meager. At some colleges, student fees of $5 to $14 are providing a significant pool of aid.
Turmoil Over 70 Faculty Layoffs at Clark Atlanta
While not declaring financial exigency, university gets rid of significant share of professors. Classes called off today to allow for reassignment of courses of dismissed professors.
The Senate Sheds Education Aid
In reshaping stimulus package to win moderate votes, lawmakers ditch college facilities support and slash education funds for states in half -- but Pell stays in.
Gordon Gee's Call for 'Reinvention' of Higher Ed
WASHINGTON -- Noting that the United States created land-grant colleges in the middle of the Civil War, E. Gordon Gee...
Shaking Up the Community College Concept
CUNY's plans to create a new two-year institution, with a core curriculum and requiring full-time enrollment, represents a dramatic shift in the model -- attracting much enthusiasm and a few raised eyebrows.
Downturn in Federal Research Spending
New U.S. data show agencies' spending on R&D declined in 2008 and that funds for basic studies have fallen by average of nearly 2 percent a year since 2004.