Past Coverage

• Graduate Schools Reduce Ph.D. Attrition Rates - December 21, 2007
• In Humanities, 10 Years May Not Be Enough to Get a Ph.D. - July 27, 2007
• 'Ph.D. Completion Project' Receives $2.4-Million in New Grants - December 21, 2006
• Doctor Dropout - January 16, 2004
• Dropping Out of Graduate School, for Good Reasons or Bad - February 20, 2004

Commentary

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  Close the Gap Between Liberal Arts and Career Services

  Creative teaching can bridge the gap between career services and the liberal arts, writes Katharine S. Brooks.

• Cases in Point: Intellectual-Property Agreements: Are You Managing Your Rights?

  In view of recent federal-court decisions, Abhik A. Huq, Daniel S. Goldberg, and Thomas F. Meagher urge colleges to carefully review two common methods of licensing the...

• The City Where Diploma Dreams Go to Die

  Systemic high-school performance failure has elicited much hand-wringing. But there should be equal anguish, writes Kevin Carey, over similar breakdowns at the college level...

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