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  • Liberal-Arts Colleges Are Urged to Move Beyond Disciplinary 'Comfort Zones'

    Colleges must foster—and reward—collaboration among faculty members

    By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012
  • Data Breach Uncovered by Students

    University of Tampa inadvertently allowed sensitive data to be indexed by search engines

    By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012
  • Securing Mobile Devices Becomes a Campus Priority

    Security systems are moving front and center as campuses tackle the vulnerability of student- and school-owned mobile devices.

    By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012
  • VA to resume policy on deducting debts from tuition benefits

    VA Department is planning to resume a policy of cutting into the tuition payments from the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans

    By Sean Griffey • April 11, 2012
  • Despite Bomb Threats, U. of Pittsburgh Faculty and Students Persevere

    University of Pittsburgh Faculty and Students Strive to Keep Semester on Course

    By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012
  • Amid accusations, Trade Tech College Chairman Quits Board

    Darryl Holter has been accused of letting the group's executive director get lavish perks. In a letter Holter decries a 'toxic brew of personal vendettas' and pointedly criticizes the college president.

    By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012
  • Senator Proposes 'Carfax-'Style Reports For Higher-Ed Costs

    Proposal would require schools to provide user-friendly information on grad rates, debt levels, and more.

    By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012
  • Wave Of Bomb Threats At Pitt Leaves Campus On Edge

    Bomb threats have led to a $50,000 reward for information

    By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012
  • Faculty salary data illustrates slow recovery

    An annual survey of faculty salaries being released today by the American Association of University Professors paints a dismal picture, suggesting that a historic low period for compensation increases continues. 

    By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012
  • Innovation in Higher Education? HAH !

    College leaders need to move beyond talking about transformation before it's too late

    By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012
  • Rethinking the value of a business major

    Undergraduate business majors are a dime a dozen on many college campuses. But according to some, they may be worth even less.

    By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012
  • Changes may make it easier to measure a college's performance

    Rankings based on the credentials of entering freshmen are not hard to find, but how can students, parents and policy makers assess how well a college builds on that foundation?

    By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012
  • Rare U Of Washington Class Unites Honors Students, Felons

    A University of Washington honors class brought undergraduate students and former prisoners together to teach about the criminal-justice system.

    By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012
  • Dale Corson, President Emeritus of Cornell, Dies at 97

    Dale Corson, Who Led Cornell Dale R. Corson, who managed Cornell University through troubled years in the early 1970s, died March 31 at age 97 from congestive heart failure in Ithaca, N.Y., where he lived with his wife of 73 years, Nellie Corson. As Cornell's president from 1969 to 197...

    By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012
  • The Biggest Mistake You (Probably) Make with Teams

    Collaboration improves when the roles of individual team members are clearly defined and well understood

    By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012
  • The Forgotten Student: Has Higher Education Stiffed Its Most Important Client?

    How the prestige game costs students more money for a lower-quality education

    By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012
  • Yale faculty expresses concern about Singapore campus

    Yale College faculty passed a resolution Thursday expressing concern about a partnership with the National University of Singapore

    By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012
  • Three Publishers Sue Free-Textbook Company

    Boston start-up, Boundless Learning, denies its business is built on copyright infringement

    By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012
  • Tuition Discounts Rise Again, but Their Effectiveness Lags

    Tuition discounting may be losing its effectiveness as a way of luring students to colleges

    By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012
  • $25 million investment backs startup aiming to create elite university

    New initiative with prominent backers aims to create an elite online university

    By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012
  • Education Dept. Is Scrutinizing Proposed Merger of New Jersey Universities

    The U.S. Education Department is looking into allegations against the proposed merger of Rowan University and Rutgers University at Camden

    By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012
  • Studies show data management skills in high demand and low supply at universities

    The ability to work well with data is understood to be an increasingly crucial skill as universities aim to preserve, sort and discover information that emerges from research. 

    By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012
  • Chinese students lead increase in international graduate school applications

    More graduate applications from outside the United States -- especially from China - are pouring into U.S. universities, according to a new study by the Council of Graduate Schools. Nathan Bell, the Council's director for research and policy analysis, said the 9 total percent total growth ...

    By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012
  • Columbia trustee's column challenges notion that trustees should speak with one voice

    Open debate among trustees at private institutions is rare

    By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012
  • Chinese Students Account for About Half of All International Applicants to U.S. Graduate Programs

    Interest from China is again driving up applications to American graduate programs

    By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012