Past Coverage

• Unesco Has Lofty Aims for Higher-Education Conference, but Critics Doubt Its Value - September 4, 1998
• World Conference Hears Calls to Expand Higher Education - October 16, 1998
• Students From Sub-Saharan Africa Are World's Most Mobile, Unesco Report Says - June 16, 2006
• Jill Biden Shines a Global Spotlight on American Community Colleges - July 5, 2009
• New Unesco Chief Pledges 'Radical' Steps to Reform Beleaguered Organization - December 3, 1999

Recent News

• Number of 'Hispanic Serving' Colleges Is Expected to Grow Significantly, Report Says

  Almost 200 colleges may soon meet the federal designation of "Hispanic serving," and they should work to increase their retention and graduation rates, says a new report.

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds

  The Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that people with bachelor's degrees were more likely than recipients of only high-school diplomas to take liberal stances.

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  Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

  The chief conservator of one of the stricken nation's major libraries is working with Brown University and others to save a part of his people's cultural patrimony.

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