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A Growing Supply of Minority Ph.D.s
New data on doctorates awarded in 2003 are encouraging for efforts to diversify faculties. The number of black and Hispanic...
The Game Your Future Students Will Play
Big news in the gaming world is that Sims is coming out with a "University" game.
A Fight Over Fundamentalism
Alumni and faculty members at Louisiana College are locked in a battle with trustees over the institution's future.
Bad Scholarship, Bad Politics or Bad Luck?
2 papers dispute the conventional wisdom about a recent series of scandals involving historians.
Economists and You
There's a surprising source for research on controversial topics in higher education: economists. In their journals and at their scholarly...
British Professors Reconsider Boycott of Israel
Facing growing international criticism, a union will hold another vote
A Glimpse into the Junior College Pipeline
The flow of athletes -- especially male basketball players -- between community colleges and Division I sports programs has been...
The Other Mental Health Crisis
Ten percent of graduate and professional students at Berkeley have contemplated suicide.