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Trump Proposes Ideological Test for Entry to U.S.
Republican candidate proposes a system for admittance to U.S. that critics say violates American and academic principles.
Prioritization Anxiety
How can a process more and more administrations are embracing be supported by professors? Or are they right that the process is really about eliminating programs that aren't seen as rainmakers?
Economic Impact of Universities -- for the Long Run
Many colleges and universities release studies about the way they contribute to the economic health of their locales. A new...
What Frosh Know and Don't Know -- and a Spoof
It's that time of year again, when new students arrive on campus and faculty members and administrators feel old. Beloit...
Academic Minute: Caves
Today on the Academic Minute, Robert Brinkmann, professor in the department of geology, environment and sustainability at Hofstra University, discusses...
Lost Cause No Longer
In 2005, a court barred Vanderbilt from removing "Confederate" from the facade of a building, citing the terms of a gift. The university is returning the gift at today's value -- and will now remove the word.
Spending Your Tax Dollars
New research on public master's universities finds that they are generally efficient, but economies of scale favor undergraduate over graduate education.
Unhealthy Competition
U.K. report on for-profit colleges in six countries finds few benefits of sector and calls for tighter regulation, while acknowledging lack of data makes it hard to set rules.