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TIAA-CREF Conference Examines Higher Ed Access

Dozens of leaders from some of the nation’s most prestigious public and private colleges and universities…

November 29, 2006

Students

Admissions Anxiety Reaches New Regions

DURHAM N.C. SAT tutors. High-priced essay coaches. Over-the-top parents who make selecting a college feel like a matter of life and death. They have become commonplace in admissions “hot spots,” largely in the Northeast and on the West Coast places where the college application process is palpably more intense than elsewhere. But now admissions anxiety is creeping into other parts of the country.

October 21, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Professors’ Salaries at Minority-serving Institutions Lag Counterparts

A recent study, “The Devaluing of Higher Education: The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2005-06,” found that overall average salaries for professors declined for the second year in a row…

May 8, 2006

Students

House Approves Update to Higher Ed Bill

Finding the best way to pay for college a struggle for many families has become a hassle for U.S. House of Representative lawmakers, too…

April 2, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Ranks of Millionaire College Presidents Rise

Curious where those extra tuition dollars are going? One place to look would be the pockets of college presidents…

December 14, 2005

Leadership & Policy

Ranks of Millionaire College Presidents Rise

Curious where those extra tuition dollars are going? One place to look would be the pockets of college presidents…

November 15, 2005

Students

Devastated But Not Defeated

Nineteen-year-old Hal Boutte was one of the lucky ones. Boutte fled New Orleans only a few hours

September 21, 2005

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Not Out of the Woods Yet

Not Out of the Woods YetNow that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that the University of Michigan had a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body, critics of affirmative action have been handed a major defeat in their ongoing efforts to block race-sensitive […]

July 16, 2004

Community Colleges

Wireless Movement Dominating Campus IT Change

Wireless Movement Dominating Campus IT ChangeA steady growth in the use of wireless networks on American college campuses represents one of the most significant trends in the higher education information technology (IT) landscape, according to the academy’s most widely recognized technology survey. In the latest release of the Campus Computing Survey by Dr. Kenneth Green, […]

December 31, 2003

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Survey: Many College Students Fuzzy on First Amendment Rights

Survey: Many College Students Fuzzy on First Amendment RightsPHILADELPHIAOne out of four college students in a nationwide survey was unable to name any of the freedoms protected by the First Amendment, according to a free-speech watchdog group. “These survey results are disheartening, but they unfortunately are not surprising,” says Alan Charles Kors, president of the […]

December 31, 2003

MSIs

Senate Democrats Unveil Bill to Increase College Aid

Senate Democrats Unveil Bill to Increase College AidProposals include more funds for diversity programs, tax credits for low-income families  Senate Democrats proposed a new higher education bill last month that would increase college aid, encourage universities to hold down costs and allow students to refinance higher interest college loans.The additional help would come, in part, […]

November 19, 2003

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Harvard Student Newspaper Sues University for Campus Records

Harvard Student Newspaper Sues University for Campus RecordsBy Shilpa Banerji CAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University’s student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, filed a lawsuit against the university late last month to gain access to campus police records regarding various incidents. The lawsuit, filed with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union, claims that since Harvard police officers […]

August 27, 2003