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U. of Kentucky's Tribute to Coal
When the University of Kentucky announced that its new basketball dormitory would be named, at the request of donors with...
Reform for Student Health Plans
The U.S. government says it will include student insurance plans in the health care overhaul, in some cases requiring colleges to strengthen their coverage for students.
Dream On
Critical evaluation of influential community college student completion initiative suggests that understanding barriers to success is not enough to solve them.
Academic Minute: Valentine's Day Economics
In today’s Academic Minute, Duke University's Dan Ariely discusses the purely economic side of decisions about Valentine’s Day gifts. Find...
Could Be Worse
As House leaders propose cuts in 2011 spending, programs important to colleges and students would fare comparatively well (so far).
A Shop Divided
Furor over outspoken adjunct's testimony in Washington highlights rift between tenured and contingent faculty.
Academic Minute: Love
In today’s Academic Minute, Lynn Bruner of Lock Haven University outlines the positive psychological aspects of loving and being loved...
Classroom Matters
UNC-Chapel Hill plans to scale back controversial online Spanish 101 experiment after three semesters.