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Punishing a Whistle Blower?
Adjunct leader who spoke out about untruthful benefit forms found that after winning a battle, he lost his courses. But things turned around when he spoke out again.
'The World Is Open'
Technology is changing higher education in more ways than can be counted. Distance education has become common. Leading universities are...
Competition vs. Learning
It's harder to get into top colleges. But do long odds encourage students to learn more or game the system? Study finds minimal evidence of the former, and much of the latter.
Flu and Football Season
How bad would an outbreak of H1N1 have to get before an institution decided to cancel a big-time sporting event? Athletics departments say they have no clue, but hope prevention efforts keep them from finding out.
Onward Christian Snowboarders
Recruiting students with ever-increasing recreational offerings, Liberty University’s latest addition is a ski park with year-round “snow.”
Stanley H. Kaplan Dies at 90
Stanley H. Kaplan, who founded his eponymous test-preparation business in 1938, died Sunday at the age of 90. Although Kaplan...
Cataloguing Private Student Loan Burdens
Nearly two-thirds of borrowers with private student loans in 2007-8 had not taken full advantage of the cheaper and safer...
Republicans Attack Syracuse Sex Study
The notion of stimulus funds for a sex study was too much for The New York Post and some Republicans...