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A new book argues that the focus on credentials and growing inequality led to the rise in for-profit colleges.
Survey on Medical Withdrawals, Refund Rules
Forty-five percent of colleges in a recent survey report seeing an increase in the number of medical withdrawals by students...
A Rap Album Ph.D. Dissertation at Clemson
On Friday, a Clemson University doctoral student, A.D. Carson, will defend his Ph.D. dissertation in the rhetorics, communication and information...
Should Whiteboards Be Banned?
Michigan State plans to bar them from dormitory room doors, in attempt to limit bullying.
Children and Stories
Children love stories, but need to hear them told from various perspectives. In today's Academic Minute, Georgia State University's Peggy...
Liberal Arts College Students Are Getting Less Artsy
At colleges proud of attracting students who want a broad-based, non-vocational education, numbers of majors in arts and humanities are falling.
Challenging Era for International Education
Administrators who promote global agendas for colleges consider the newly politicized nature of their work.
Academic Minute: Children and Stories
Today on the Academic Minute: Peggy Albers, professor of language and literacy education in the College of Education & Human...