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Yale Sues to Keep a Van Gogh
Yale University has filed a suit in federal court seeking affirmation that the university is the legitimate owner of "The...
Patriot League Makes Cuts to Save Money
The Patriot League – a eight-member Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association conference – has adopted a cost-efficiency plan to...
Miami U. in the (Expensive) Hot Seat
Ohio's Controlling Board, which oversees various spending projects authorized by the state, on Monday rejected plans by Miami University to...
Competing With Publics on Price
Two private colleges create or expand programs that lower tuition for students who are admitted to local state universities.
So Many Students, So Little Time
Higher Ed Holdings' recent efforts to partner with one university were thwarted amid faculty outcry. At other universities, however, the company's model is going forward -- raising concerns about whether mass education online is coming at the expense of individual interaction, and evaluations based on essays as opposed to multiple choice.
Adjunct Solidarity
Weber State didn't expect anyone outside Utah to notice the plan to cut base pay by 7% for those off the tenure track. Then the letters started to arrive.
The Tenure-Track (Busy) Sociologist
A discipline finds that -- unlike much of higher education -- it is not increasing its reliance on adjuncts, but is seeing the permanent faculty's teaching load go up.