Technology
A Tech-Happy Professor Reboots
A Kansas State University scholar finds himself rethinking the fundamentals and questioning whether technology is the best way to engage students.
In the World
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Despite Challenges, Iraq and U.S. Universities Agree to Work Toward More Partnerships
Leaders from the two countries hashed out plans on how to collaborate better. A primary focus: improving Iraq's scholarship programs.
- Accreditors Caution American Colleges as They Create Academic Programs Abroad
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In Study Abroad, Men Are Hard to Find
Texas Showdown
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Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Race-Conscious Admissions
The case, involving the U. of Texas, gives the court an opportunity to reconsider affirmative-action policies that it ruled constitutional in 2003.
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Federal Appeals Court Hands Setback to Foes of Admissions Preferences
The judges decided not to rehear a lawsuit challenging the admissions policy at the University of Texas at Austin, effectively leaving in place a decision that upheld it.
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Affirmative-Action Critics See Texas Case as a Vehicle for a Supreme Court Victory
From the Blogs
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40 Movies Your Students Probably Don't Know
Have your students seen “Citizen Kane,” “Birth of a Nation,” “Dr. Strangelove,” or “Animal House”? You sure?
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"I Seem to Have Forgotten My Pants"
After leaving one too many essential items at home, Allison Vaillancourt decides that it’s time to create a reusable travel checklist.
- So You Think You Can Write During the Semester?
Goodbye Glossy?
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The Viewbook Loses Its Luster
Among a college's courtship materials, the expensive "coffee-table book" is giving way to newer strategies.
In the U.S.
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College Affirmative Action Faces Tougher Scrutiny in New Review
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, the expected swing vote, warned in a 2003 case that the court should have done more to define how race could be considered in admissions.
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With Presidential Hire, U. of Vermont Tests New Spouse Policy
Aiming to avert a repeat of a recent controversy, the policy requires a president's partner to get the board's approval before doing any volunteer university activities.
- Graduates of For-Profits Lag Behind Their Peers in Earnings and Employment, Study Finds
- 4 of the 10 Richest College-Sports Programs Opposed Scholarship Shift for Athletes
- Researchers' Payments From Group Backed by Climate Skeptics Are Questioned
- AAUP Will Reconduct 2011 Election After Labor Dept. Finds Problems
- E-Textbook Vendor Sues Publisher for Ending Licensing Agreement
- Tour Highlights Obama's Push for More Collaboration Between Community Colleges and Businesses
- U. of New Mexico Hears a New Tone at the Top
- Boston College Appeals Order for Release of Oral-History Interviews
Arts & Letters Daily
The brain science of bizarre behavior. If someone wants to, say, amputate his perfectly healthy arm, the call goes out to V.S. Ramachandran. More
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