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Managing Risk in College Athletics
Randall Enos for The Chronicle
As we near the end of fall, athletics programs on many campuses are focused on one primary statistic: football rankings. Yet, behind the scenes, other athletics statistics are playing out. In a recent five-year evaluation of claims, we at United Educators, which insures more than 1,200 educational institutions across the country, learned that 14 percent of our student-injury claims are a...
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The Puzzle of Boys
Scholars and others debate what little boys are made of, and made into, as they grow up in America. Thomas Bartlett reports.
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The People's Postal Service
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The People's Postal Service
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The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps
The Berkeley students who protested the big tuition increase at the University of California impressed Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.
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Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom
Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.
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A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy
Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.
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Doha: the Davos of Higher Education?
Garrick Utley writes that if Doha, Qatar, hopes to be for colleges what Davos, Switzerland, is for economics, the Internet connection may need to improve.
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Too 'Old School' for Our Own Good?
Colleges should be savvier than newspapers about the digital revolution, says Thomas Kunkel, a newspaperman-turned-college-president.
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The Chinese Are Coming, and They Need Help With the Admissions Process
Misconceptions are rampant among Chinese families who want their children to attend U.S. institutions, Bruce G. Hammond writes.
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Student-Survey Results: Too Useful to Keep Private
It's time for higher education to adopt customer-performance measures, writes Robert D. Atkinson.
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