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More Students and Higher Scores for ACT
More graduating seniors in SAT-centric districts decided to take the standardized achievement test, and average scores continued to rise.
What's Next For Division I?
The announcement last week by the National Collegiate Athletic Association that its Division I Board of Directors had approved a...
Tenure and the Public Sociologist
A growing movement within the discipline raises questions about promotion, peer review, the nature of research and the future of the field.
Pessimistic Views on Academic Freedom
Social scientists are more worried now than during McCarthy era, survey finds. Sociologists consider why and what to do about it.
Matching Up to the Group of 8
U.S. leads European peers and Japan in foreign student enrollments and spending on higher ed, but lags on educational attainment, study finds.
Voter Ed -- Of, For and By Students
Group looks to use education, not pop culture, to get young people excited about voting in '08 -- and to make sure they can.
UC System Chief to Step Down
President of the University of California, Robert C. Dynes, will resign in 10 months, a year after weathering a major compensation scandal.