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Do Colleges Need Green Czars?
As institutions create sustainability coordinator positions, the people in them consider their evolving roles.
'Sex and the Soul'
On matters sexual and soulful, colleges can be divided into two categories, the “spiritual” and the “evangelical” -- the former...
Fighting Gossip With Graphics
In light of JuicyCampus and other phenomena, Princeton students take a novel approach to combating what they see as a harmful climate of anonymous innuendo.
Margaret Spellings, Where Are You?
Meeting of North Central accreditor shows how much colleges are doing to measure student learning. But will all the assessment satisfy federal calls for accountability?
A Rare Performance Review Do-Over
What happens when a professor understands her hiring to be a joint appointment but her contract reflects otherwise?
Growth in International Applicants Slows
Number of foreign applicants to U.S. graduate programs increased by only 3 percent this year, survey shows, while about a third of schools saw declines.
Faculty Salaries and Priorities
AAUP points to gaps in pay for professors and presidents, and sees decline against inflation, but method of calculating total increase is questioned.