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Plan to Define and Test What Students Should Know
New book unveils faculty-led effort to chart concepts and competencies students should learn in six academic disciplines, with plan to create standardized tests. Will faculty members warm to this version of "learning outcomes"?
Not So Gainfully Employed
New study says typical experience of those who enroll at for-profit colleges is a decline in earnings and a rise in debt.
NCAA Violations at Ole Miss
University of Mississippi punishes itself for violating NCAA rules, including falsifying ACT scores for football recruits.
No Enforcement of Bathroom Law
Margaret Spellings, president of the University of North Carolina, pledges that campuses won't limit access for transgender students while lawsuits are pending.
U of Georgia Apologizes for Contract With Rapper
Greg McGarity, athletic director of the University of Georgia, has apologized for the terms of the contract with Ludacris (at...
New Graduate of SF State Abandoned There as Infant
An article in The San Francisco Chronicle tells the unusual story of one of this year's graduates at San Francisco...
Academic Minute: How Aspirin Works/Living with HIV
Today on the Academic Minute: Also, if you missed Monday's Academic Minute, on how improving lifestyle behaviors in HIV patients...
Nigerian Billionaire Criticized for Gift to Lynn University
A Nigerian oil and gas industry billionaire, Muhammadu Indimi, is facing criticism in his country over his support for Lynn...