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Justices Punt on Academic Freedom
Supreme Court ruling narrows free speech rights of public employees -- but avoids question about relevance to higher education.
Show Us the Money
When it comes to endowments, most colleges don't tell students and alumni how they spend funds, survey finds.
Teaching, Research, Service ...
Texas A&M University will give extra credit in tenure process to professors whose work has commercial applications.
The Future of a Dinosaur
Wireless technology and search engines are just two technologies that might be meteors from which the standard science textbook never recovers.
The Value of Intervention
Community colleges find that intense programs make a difference on retention and academic performance -- particularly for minority students.
British Professors Seek to Cut Ties to Israeli Scholars
Union vote proceeds despite intense lobbying from American faculty groups, who see a serious violation of academic freedom.
Another Round (or Five)
New study shows many students greatly exceed traditional criteria for binge drinking, and urges focus on those most at risk.