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Trying to Put the 'Dumb Jock Myth' to Rest
Myles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, wants to cease the propagation of “ the so-called 'dumb jock’...
In Search of Self-Governance, Unionization?
Embattled Faculty Senate at Ohio U. endorses pursuing collective bargaining amid an impasse between professors and administrators.
Baylor Pays for SAT Gains
University asks admitted applicants to retake the SAT, with lucrative scholarships for those with big gains. The institution's test average goes up, but will U.S. News have the last laugh?
Stem Cell Politics Shift to Michigan
State's voters will decide whether to ease laws to allow universities to conduct more of the promising but controversial research on embryos.
In Defense of Ayers
A group of professors sign a petition supporting William Ayers, the former antiwar activist and Illinois-Chicago faculty member who has been thrust into the presidential campaign.
Pulling the Plug on a Struggling Program
After losing $1 million a year on an outpost in Fort Wayne, Taylor U. will shutter branch campus's traditional undergraduate operation, affecting 300 students and 120 faculty and staff.
Call to Arms for Adjuncts ... From an Administrator
At national meeting of higher ed HR leaders, one gives jeremiad about the treatment of non-tenure-track faculty and urges colleges to act now to protect "abused" class of workers.