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The Nuclear Option
Facing a fiscal crisis and little prospect of tax-supported revenue in the near future, Colorado State hypothetically entertains privatization.
Faculty at U. of Oregon Consider a Union
Faculty members at the University of Oregon -- frustrated by their salary levels and dealings with the administration -- have...
Assessment vs. Action
Vast majority of colleges have systems in place to measure what undergraduates learn, survey finds. But using that information? That’s another story.
Harvard Investigates Coffee Poisoning
Harvard University is investigating how a coffee maker in one of its medical school buildings became tainted with a potentially...
In the Crosshairs?
Panel appointed by Education Department to consider new rules on financial aid "integrity" tilts toward critics of for-profit higher education.
Getting Even With Technology
Ever felt frustrated by technology? A Purdue University' student organization -- the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on...
Can Free Speech Be Furloughed?
The day after a peaceful protest over budget conditions at a California community college, four professors -- including a union president -- are placed on leave and banned from campus.
Turning Surveys Into Reforms
10 years after launch of National Survey of Student Engagement, many worry that colleges have been speedier to embrace giving the questionnaire than using its results. And some experts want changes in what the survey measures.