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La. Higher Ed Reform Panel Is Challenged by Sponsor
The Louisiana lawmaker behind legislation creating a commission to study the state's higher education system laid out an aggressive, and...
Rebuke for Religion-Driven Policy
Belmont Abbey College, a Roman Catholic institution, discriminated against employees by denying health care coverage for contraception, federal agency finds.
The Missing Master's Students
SAN FRANCISCO -- While much of the attention in graduate education focuses on doctoral programs, there are many more students...
Textbook Bonanza
News abounds about bookstores and other providers (on ground and virtual): reunification at Barnes & Noble, infusion for Academos, expansion for free textbook initiative.
Using Adjuncts, Off the Payroll
Michigan community college's discussion of arrangement with company that would allow institution to end contributions to state retirement fund for part-time faculty alarms advocates for those off the tenure track.
Scrutiny of Salaries for Ex-Administrators in North Carolina
The University of North Carolina paid $8 million over the last five years in "retreat rights," salaries to help former...
Senate Confirms Leaders for NEH and NIH
The Senate last week confirmed President Obama's nominees -- both popular with academics -- for two agencies that are key...
Idaho State Moves to Fire Dissenting Faculty Member
Idaho State University has suspended, banned from campus, and moved to terminate Habib Sadid, an engineering professor who has been...