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Publishing
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Ditch the Monograph
Short-form e-books can be a respectable way to deliver serious scholarship.
Academic Freedom
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Bias Charges Divide Jewish Groups
Increasing reports of anti-Semitic words and deeds raise issues of academic freedom, and the groups disagree over when and how to complain.
For Profit Education
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Super-Size It!
McDonald’s does well by utilizing economies of scale and selling a small number of products in a standardized fashion. Why can’t universities do the same? asks Richard...
Facilities
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A New President Seeks to Move Historic Morehouse College Into the Future
John S. Wilson Jr., who left a post in the White House, wants to give Morehouse College the great future he imagined it could have when he was a student there.
Leadership & Governance
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Transitions: Former Governor to Lead New Mexico State U.; New Community-College Chief in Ohio
Garrey Carruthers, now a vice president at the university, will become its leader. Read about that and other job-related news.
Admissions & Student Aid
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Coalition Steps Up to Advocate for Needy Students—and Their Colleges
Smaller private colleges with many Pell Grant-eligible students want more help for those students and better measures of what the institutions are achieving.
Legal
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U.S. Appeals Court Allows Sex-Bias Case Against LSU to Proceed
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge may not have discriminated against a female job candidate, the court said, but the evidence warrants a trial, not dismissal of the...
Teaching
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Alan Alda Is Honored for Using Improv to Help Scientists Communicate
Mr. Alda played a central role in creating a center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook that helps researchers explain their findings to a general audience.
Research
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College and Class
Two researchers discuss their study of inequality in higher education, which involved the women on one freshman floor of a public-college flagship.
Technology
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Texas Posts College-Comparison Web Site for Prospective Students
Compare College TX allows users to contrast the state's public universities and community colleges on a range of measures.
Finance
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Small Private Colleges Lose More Students Despite Rise in Discounting
As price-conscious students increasingly choose less-expensive colleges, discounting is losing its power to keep enrollments healthy, a survey suggests.
Libraries
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Historian and Librarian Turns to Advising 2 Top Leaders
Edward L. Widmer has stepped down as director of a library at Brown University to advise both Brown's president and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Government
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Slam Colleges Over Cash Reserves
Rainy-day funds, generally considered to be prudent measures, are targets of legislators unfamiliar with multibillion-dollar enterprises like state universities.
Athletics
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A Better Way to Protect College Athletes
Sickle-cell trait can cause students to die unexpectedly after intense exercise. But mandatory testing isn't a quick fix.
Student Affairs
More Student AffairsDistance Education
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Forthcoming Film Is Defense of For-Profit Colleges, Critics Say
The documentary will criticize policy makers, politicians, unions, and others who "protect the flawed status quo."
Labor & Work-Life Issues
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Pay Increase for Top Administrators Barely Outpaces Inflation
Their median base pay rose by 2.3 percent last year, an improvement over the previous year, an annual survey found.
