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GAO Urges Enhancements to Federal Loan Oversight
The Government Accountability Office released a report Wednesday detailing ways for the Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid...
NSF Would Get Less in Senate Spending Bill
A U.S. Senate appropriations panel approved legislation Wednesday that would give the National Science Foundation slightly less money in 2011...
Law School Hiring Leans Left, Study Finds
Law schools are more likely to hire liberal professors than conservatives, but openings at top law schools are not restricted...
Education Philanthropies Shift Focus to Completion
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has attracted widespread attention for its emphasis on college completion (as opposed to access...
Duke Suspends Enrolling New Patients in 3 Clinical Trials
Duke University has suspended the enrollment of new patients in three clinical trials that depend in part on work by...
Brain Surgeon Gets Another Chance
Medical professor who quit Harvard-affiliated job after well-publicized gender discrimination suit gets teaching and administrative position at U. of Texas.
Rising Above the Flood
When a record-breaking flood in June 2008 damaged 2.5 million square feet of the University of Iowa, the campus and...