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Half-Learned Lessons
Ten years after the National Center for Academic Transformation began course redesigns, early adopters applaud learning outcomes but remain ambivalent about the cost reduction.
Concerns About Community College Students and Loans
Usually groups like the Project on Student Debt are worried about college students taking on too large a loan burden...
Remediation Worries and Successes
At national gathering of community college trustees, many search for answers -- and some colleges report strategies that may be working.
Land-Grant Colleges Cheer New U.S. Ag Research Institute
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the formal launch Thursday of the new National Institute of Food and Agriculture, about...
Fallout From a Study Abroad Controversy
An Evergreen State College professor has been placed on leave after an audit revealed that he could not account for...
Oxford Releases Interview Questions
In an attempt to show that there are no "trick questions," the University of Oxford has for the first time...
The Social Media Maze
Colleges are eager to leverage Facebook and Twitter to boost recruiting and fund raising, but many still don't have a coherent strategy for how to do it.
German Author Wins Nobel in Literature
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded this morning to Herta Müller, a German writer of novels, short stories...