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Mentor, Friend -- or Both?
Professors debate whether mentors of graduate students and young instructors must go beyond supervising to "caring" to be effective, and where the lines are.
GRE vs. GMAT
ETS steps up pitch to would-be business students and business schools to consider alternative to the traditional test, while defenders of that exam insist there is no real contest.
Defending the Shards of Amateurism
Sports reform group criticizes NCAA’s lack of leadership in fight against use of athletes’ names in fantasy games and other commercialization.
Defending the Fruit Flies from Sarah Palin
The Republican campaign has moved beyond mocking research on bear DNA to attacking a new research earmark -- and some scientists have had enough.
Next Step for Blackboard and Open Source
Following its partnership to integrate with Sakai data, Blackboard backs development of a plug-in for Moodle, the other main open-source alternative in learning management software.
Backing Expression Over Suppression
Incidents at Cornell and Harvard illustrate how an administration can affirm free speech over student vandalism -- or staffers' disapproval -- of anti-abortion messages.
Dean Whose Silence Couldn't Be Bought
When he felt a student had been done an injustice, David Potter came to her defense. For him, it was...