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California Budget Idea -- Praised by Higher Ed -- Criticized
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pleased higher education leaders this month by proposing that the state's Constitution be amended to ensure...
Guns on Campus (for Professors Only)
Pro-gun organizations have angered many educators in the last year with bills that would end bans on carrying concealed weapons...
AAUP Launches New Journal on Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors has launched a new Journal of Academic Freedom, which will be published annually or...
Awaiting the Tablet
Will Apple's new electronic device galvanize the market for e-textbooks and transform higher education?
College Backs Down in Fight on Ceramic Crosses
Eastfield Collge, in Texas, will let students in its ceramics classes make crosses after all. The college has banned crosses...
Online Enrollment Up 17%
One in every four students now takes at least one course online. But study finds increases aren't necessarily matched by faculty respect.
Resistance on Debt Proposal
Panel balks at Education Department's draft rule introducing a loan-to-income ratio targeting high-priced, low-payoff programs.
Caltech Faces Another Suicide
A leading figure in physics, Andrew Lange of the California Institute of Technology, killed himself last week, leaving many of...