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Emergency Fund Proves Worth
Students at New Mexico community college who get one-time grants for unexpected life expenses – from car payments to emergency medical expenses – stay enrolled at higher rate than other students.
New Measure of Status of Education
A new tool -- the Educational Needs Index -- has been unveiled to help educators, politicians, and others measure the...
The Next Med School?
Louisiana College has announced plans to create a medical school in 2012, the Baptist Press reported. The program has a...
'Academic Lives'
When professors publish their memoirs, what do their stories say about themselves, the state of academe, and their disciplines? These...
Newly Tenured ... at Hood, LSU-Alexandria, Rockefeller U.
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: Hood College --Genevieve Gessert, art--Xinlian Liu, computer science Louisiana...
Taking Notes Beyond the Classroom
Influx of note sharing Web sites that allow students to upload and download class notes has raised questions, but also helped to increase access to higher education.
GI Bill Benefit Cap Increased for California Veterans
In a move that will be welcomed by veterans throughout the state, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has upped...
Ghostwriters Used in Biomedical Journals
Court documents show that 26 scientific articles in journals, all about hormone replacement therapy for women, were at least partly...