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Conflict of Interest Seen in Mortgage Study
A research report released last month by two George Washington University professors argued for weakening the role of the Federal...
A New Majority
Women are taking more spots on deans' councils. At U. of Richmond, 4 of 5 deans are women. Will they change academic leadership?
Accreditation at Risk
Agency threatens to terminate approval of online for-profit college in California, citing its failure to reveal problems with certifying that students met degree requirements.
Remedial Plus
A community college in Chicago finds that study groups can dramatically improve passage rates. But faculty worry that changes in grading rules are a key reason for the improvements.
Whistled for Interference
NCAA finds that Georgia Tech violated amateurism rules, but made case far more serious by obstructing investigators.
Easy A
Critics of grade inflation publish analysis finding that 43 percent of students earn As -- 10 times the number receiving Fs.
Academic Minute: Big Brains and Early Mammals
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Timothy Rowe examines how the sense of smell contributed to...