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The Cost of Letting Medical Residents Get a Little Sleep

For years, various groups have urged that academic medical centers should reduce the total hours and consecutive hours that medical...

Brandeis Suspends Contributions to Retirement Funds

Brandeis University has told all employees that it will suspend for one year any institutional contributions to retirement funds. The...

Feeling Burdened? Click Here

College officials who complain about the ever-growing volumes of federal regulations that apply to their institutions have a new way...

Credit Limit

Congress passes legislation that will help shield students from credit card companies' aggressive tactics, but not everyone is cheering.

Arne Duncan, Free Marketeer

Questioned on college prices by House members, education secretary suggests that students and parents will increasingly abandon high-tuition institutions for less-costly alternatives.

The Evolving Google Library

New deal with U. of Michigan offers more details on how the company plans to market the millions of digital copies of books it is creating. Will the skeptics be won over?

California Calamity

After state voters nix a budget bailout, one community college district prepares to do what two-year institutions always try to avoid -- turn away students.

Newly Tenured ... at Maryville, New Haven, Valley City State

The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges: Maryville University--Sam Hausfather, education--Carol Keyes, biological and physical sciences--Barbara...