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Simplification Is ... Complicated
Gathering of policy makers and researchers reveals widespread agreement that financial aid system should be streamlined -- but offers little confidence that it will be.
Group for International Student Recruiters Moves Forward
A fledgling group designed to represent the interests but also certify the work of international student recruiters took more formal...
States Trim Loan Forgiveness Programs in High-Demand Fields
Several states are cutting back the payments they make to help residents pay back student loans they took out to...
Special Sauce for ESL
How McDonald's and a community college professor teamed up to teach English to growing immigrant population.
Uncharted Territory
A public/private partnership aimed at strengthening international enrollments and programming at Oregon State has promise, but has come at the cost of the English Language Institute's accreditation.
'Off-Track Profs'
Like the rest of higher education, elite universities have grown increasingly reliant on non-tenure-track faculty members. Leaders of those institutions...
No Stranger to Higher Ed
Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, has held faculty positions at two universities and ruled in several cases that affected academe.
Ayers Again Barred From Canada
William Ayers, the one-time Weather Underground leader who has become a leading education researcher at the University of Illinois at...