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Ending an Experiment
Education Department decision to kill off program aimed at reducing loan defaults troubles guarantors, lawmakers and even advocates for students.
Assessing the Faculty Role in Sports Oversight
In wake of report on professors' aloofness from issues facing their colleges' athletics programs, panelists at a Knight Commission summit explore the reasons why.
More Money -- at What Cost?
A ballot initiative in California seeks to modify the funding formula for community colleges, but some question whether it would compound budget problems.
Student, Interrupted
An Eastern Illinois student with post-traumatic stress disorder was essentially forced out of college after having a flashback in class.
American Studies on Offense and Defense
Scholars consider how to get more engaged in the political process -- and how to fend off attacks on what they do.
A Common Complaint
Reversing course after criticism, the Common Application will again start allowing students to modify already submitted materials for individual colleges.
A SMART Move?
Aid officials say Education Department's new guidance on aid program for science majors makes it even less accessible to students and more difficult to administer.