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Big 12 Decides Against Expansion
The Big 12 Conference will not expand beyond its current 10 members, the league announced Monday, dashing the hopes of...
New Presidents or Provosts: Aquinas College (Mich.), Central Piedmont CC, DeVry U, Joliet Junior College, Sheridan College, Trident International U, U of West Florida, Washington State U North Puget Sound-Everett, William E. Macaulay Honors College
Stephen Barrows, program coordinator of the economics department at Aquinas College, in Michigan, has been appointed executive vice president, provost...
Nike Co-Founder Gives U of Oregon $500 Million
The University of Oregon on Tuesday announced that it would receive a $500 million gift from Phil Knight, Nike’s co-founder...
Academic Minute: Brainwashing
Today on the Academic Minute, Scott Selisker, assistant professor of English at the University of Arizona, examines if we are...
Welfare Funds for Students Far From Welfare
Michigan uses millions in federal welfare funds for grants to private colleges -- and some of the money flows to students from middle class and affluent families.
Princeton, Local Residents Settle Suit on Tax Status
Princeton University has agreed to pay millions of dollars to a fund to assist local home owners and to provide...
Persuading Political Opponents
If you want someone to switch political sides, try their perspective. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Toronto's Matthew...
'Envisioning the Faculty'
New book rejects the model of just creating more and more adjunct positions, but also suggests that the path forward probably can't include tenure track for all.