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German Author Wins Nobel in Literature
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded this morning to Herta Müller, a German writer of novels, short stories...
Campuses Continue to See New H1N1 Cases
Ninety-two percent of the 273 colleges and universities in a sample being tracked by the American College Health Association reported...
Senator Wants to End NSF Funds for Political Science
Sen. Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, is proposing that Congress bar the National Science Foundation from supporting research in political...
Study Explores Gap in Latino College Attainment
While 89 percent of Latino young adults (ages 16 to 25) say that a college education is important for success...
Served, Yes, But Well-Served?
Nearly a quarter of all Pell Grant funds now go to students at for-profit colleges. What does that mean for the students, and for higher education?
Will Work for Beer
Economists find evidence that college students choose to take jobs not to pay tuition but to cover other expenses and, unless they work a lot, those jobs don't do much to harm their academic performance.
Crowding Out For-Profit Colleges
Study finds taxpayer-supported bond initiatives shift students from area proprietary institutions to community colleges, boosting enrollment at these already crowded public institutions.