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The Best University?

Peer evaluations filled out by Clemson officials partially show they didn't conspire to game U.S. News rankings. But president ranked its undergraduate program higher than Harvard and Berkeley.

The Summer Swarm

Community colleges and for-profit universities are seeing expected enrollment increases due to the down economy, but students are flocking to many four-year colleges this summer, too -- and finding friendlier aid policies at some institutions.

Survival Tactics

As N.C. State chancellor resigns amid controversy, several other besieged college leaders hold on. So how do presidents persevere in scandal or avoid it altogether?

Canadian Professors Lose Fight Against Google E-Mail

An arbitrator has rejected the grievance of the faculty union at Lakehead University, in Ontario, that the institution violated professors'...

Wife of UNLV President Apologizes for Clashes

Bonnie Ashley has apologized for the tone of her communications with staff members at the University of Nevada at Las...

Pacem in Terris

At La Roche, an idealistic program to reach students from countries in conflict was too ambitious to sustain, and yet it transformed the institution.

More Rankings Rigging

U.S. News gave U. of Southern California top 10 status in engineering based in part on its faculty members who are in National Academy of Engineering. But the numbers don't add up and U.S. News never checked.

Tenure's Value ... to Society

A judge ruled last week in Colorado that not only is tenure a good thing for the professors who enjoy...