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How the Recession Re-Sorted Freshmen
New-student enrollment rose during the first few years of the economic downturn, but the institutions they chose varied by region, a new report says.
The Murdoch-Oxford Connection
The University of Oxford says that there is no need -- in light of the scandal over the conduct of...
Academic Minute: Women's Health Care
In today’s Academic Minute, Purchase College's Karen Baird discusses the modifications that have made health care more inclusive of needs...
Colleges Urged to Do More to Help Students Avoid Private Loans
Colleges could and should do much more to inform their students about the availability of federal loans and the risks...
Cal State Rejects Governor's Request on Salaries
The California State University Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved a salary of $400,000 for Elliot Hirshman, the new president...
Making Ethnic Studies Compute
Cal State San Marcos professor explains how she used online mapping tools to help students connect social research to their own personal narratives.
Reconsidering the Stanford Prison Experiment
Stanford's alumni magazine has published a new oral history of the "prison experiment" 40 years ago in which some students...
House Committee Backs Cut for Cultural Endowments
The full House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday endorsed a subcommittee's recommendation that Congress cut spending for the National Endowment for...