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Debating the Numbers on GRE as B-School Option
One of the hot battles in standardized testing these days is over the M.B.A. market. The Graduate Management Admission Test...
Universities Bolster Local Economies (But No More Than Companies Do)
Research universities produce economic activity that spills over to their local communities -- but to no greater extent than the...
Labor Secretary Clarifies Remarks on Adjuncts
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis last week gave an interview to National Public Radio in which she answered a listener's question...
Going For Distance
Online education is now part of "fabric" of public universities, a new study finds. But teaching on the Web is a lot of work, and professors are not happy about lack of support from administrators.
Layoffs Mark End of Controversial U. of Illinois Online Effort
The University of Illinois is eliminating the jobs of most staff members of its Global Campus, an ambitious and controversial...
Window on College's Troubled Soul
Habib Sadid has made himself an easy target. For many of his 22 years at Idaho State University, the professor...
Amid Dispute, Higher Ed Chief Quits in Colorado
David E. Skaggs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education, resigned Friday, after less than three years in...
Israel and Academic Freedom
When political scientist at Ben-Gurion U. endorsed boycott of his country -- in article in the U.S. -- he set off debates in both nations about professors' rights.