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The Education Exception
Programs important to colleges generally avoid Obama budget freeze, with sizable increases proposed for student aid and research. Humanities would get pinched, and a community college program eliminated.
Athletics Directors From Outside of Athletics
The new career path for athletics director of big-time programs is in the business world, not college sports, The New...
Science Funding Gets a Boost
Obama administration's proposed 2011 budget would add $3.3 billion for scientific research, including an extra $1 billion for the NIH.
Newly Tenured ... at Colby, U. of Hartford
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Colby College--Phil Brown, economics--Walter Hatch, government--Arne Koch...
Online Cure for the Nursing Crisis
Distance education might answer America's demand for nursing programs -- and it's not just for-profit colleges that are looking to cash in.
Clash Over Student Privacy
Head of Education Department's privacy office says he was fired for challenging U.S. approach to promoting state student data systems.
The Private Role in the 2020 Goals
2 groups of independent colleges announce new efforts to identify ways to enroll and graduate more low-income students.
It's Up to the Department Now
WASHINGTON — Months of negotiations on the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed revisions to regulations intended to guard against abuses...