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6-6 Course Loads and No Benefits
Adjuncts in Tennessee, working a decade without raise in pay ceilings, spent 2 years documenting needs. Their plan was considered and promptly rejected as the recession hit.
Gates Foundation to Spend Big on Community Colleges
A new plan -- involving hundreds of millions of dollars -- will focus on completion rates and performance-based incentives.
A 'Practical Guide' to the Academic Portfolio
It's not a new thing for professors to document their teaching, research and service. That's how people get hired and...
'Free Market' for Higher Ed
Larry Johnson is a self-described “entrepreneur from hell,” so it’s of little surprise that the University of Cincinnati dean likes...
Building a Better Admissions Test
Berkeley project finds that LSAT doesn't predict success as a lawyer, but other tests -- on which female and minority students score as well as white men -- do.
How to Shop for Carbon Offsets
Presidents Climate Commitment releases protocol on offsets at conference on sustainability in higher ed, where assessment and measurement are, not surprisingly, big buzzwords.
Grants, Scrutiny for Veterans Education
The American Council on Education will fund college programs aimed at assisting veterans, and share assessments of their effectiveness.