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Hiding Adjuncts From 'U.S. News'
Everyone knows that adjuncts and graduate assistants do a lot of the teaching these days, right? Well, maybe not everyone...
Oakland U. Faculty Set to Skip Opening of Classes
Oakland University's faculty voted late Wednesday to authorize a strike, and the faculty union urged members to skip today's first...
Student Loan Borrowing Rose Sharply in 2008-9
Students took out 25 percent more in federal student loans in 2008-9 than they did the year before, according to...
412 Stanford Layoffs
In a sign of the impact of the recession on colleges with large endowments, Stanford University announced that total layoffs...
Early Pomp and Circumstance
Saying tradition matters, a growing number of institutions are introducing convocation ceremonies, or dusting off existing ones, as part of strategies to improve retention.
H1N1 Creeps Onto Campuses
With fall classes beginning at many institutions, administrators are getting a chance to test out the "swine flu" prevention and containment plans they've been formulating since the virus first appeared last spring.
The Humanities and the NEH
In podcast interview, James A. Leach, the endowment's new chair, discusses his priorities -- including more attention to understanding world cultures.