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Education Department Plans to Nix Accreditor
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday backed a federal panel's recommendation to terminate recognition of the Accrediting Council for...
Academic Minute: Primes and Particles
Today on the Academic Minute, Martin Krieger, professor of planning at the University of Southern California, explains that as we...
Redoing Application Reading
Admissions officers talk about changing the way applications are read in order to keep up with demographic changes.
The Right to Work
Dispute at Cornell University centers on a program allowing international students to work.
Small College Problems
Speakers suggest areas to examine as small colleges try to change their business models.
More Aid for the Needy
New federal data show rising number of students receiving Pell Grants while median family incomes of recipients fall.
Mixed-Aged Children in Preschool
Learning with younger classmates may not be helping some preschool children. In today's Academic Minute, Ohio State University's Kelly Purtell...
Clearing the Shrapnel
Gender-based discrimination in the academic workplace isn’t always overt, but the “shrapnel” of small indignities stays with you. That’s the premise of a new book on this kind of bias, and how to alleviate it.