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Worsening Economy Could Cause Trouble for Smaller Colleges

Moody's Investors Service foresees potential trouble for some institutions of higher education, particularly for small private colleges that draw locally, some community colleges, and regional or less-selective public institutions.

Three Years Into Fight for Accountability, Spellings Again Seeking Traction

Advocates of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings's ideas on how to make colleges more affordable and accessible are disappointed at the slow rate of improvement.

Too Many Secretive Strings Are Attached To Federally Financed Projects, Universities Complain

Federal agencies improperly ask colleges to keep unclassified research secret, says a new report. And the Secretary of Defense apparently agrees.

Academic Health Centers Call for New Way to Plan Work Force

The nation's decentralized approach toward organizing its health-care work force could leave millions of Americans without adequate care, the Association of Academic Health Centers warned in a report released on Thursday.

Access to Online Journals Reduces Breadth of Citations, Study Finds

Despite having access to more and more journal articles online, scholars are citing fewer and fewer discrete articles in their papers, according to a study published today in "Science."

A Federal Idea ... Well-Received?!

Inside HigherEd - Fri, 07/18/2008 - 04:00
At Education Department's farewell summit, U.S. plan to restructure financial aid system earns cautious (and rare) praise from college leaders.

Keeping Clickers in the Classroom

Inside HigherEd - Fri, 07/18/2008 - 04:00
Last day of Blackboard conference features educational bells and whistles galore. As for those handheld input devices: They might be more than just hype.

Mapping Student Learning With Precision

Inside HigherEd - Fri, 07/18/2008 - 04:00
In ambitious, long-term effort, West Point maps and measures a multi-layered set of outcomes across the curriculum.

'The Myth of the Model Minority'

Inside HigherEd - Fri, 07/18/2008 - 04:00
Co-author of new book on racism faced by Asian Americans describes findings about college students.

Ensuring That States Support Higher Ed

Inside HigherEd - Fri, 07/18/2008 - 04:00
For the sake of students, Congress should require legislatures to maintain their funding of higher education, F. King Alexander writes.

News Analysis: Economic Outlook: Not So Cloudy for Fund Raisers

Everybody is down about the shaky economy except college fund raisers, who look ahead and see growth.

Dispute Over the Economics of File Sharing Intensifies

An economist who says that the "Journal of Political Economy" has failed to acknowledge serious flaws in a 2007 paper on file sharing has taken his battle to the Internet.

U. of California Proposes Sweeping and Controversial Admissions Changes

The proposed new admissions policy would de-emphasize test scores and give the system's campuses greater flexibility in choosing their freshman classes.

Education Dept. Hastens to Survey Students About Credit Transfers

The survey intends to identify any problems that Pell Grant recipients may face when they try to transfer credits and courses between institutions. Critics say they suspect other motives.

Teachable Moments

Inside HigherEd - Thu, 07/17/2008 - 04:00
Professional development for the timid colleague, in Matthew Henry Hall's new cartoon.

'Emergency' Data Request Raises Suspicion

Inside HigherEd - Thu, 07/17/2008 - 04:00
Education Department survey about transfer of credit seen as last-ditch effort to build federal case for change in colleges' policies.

Possible Transfusion for NIH

Inside HigherEd - Thu, 07/17/2008 - 04:00
Key senators will push for $5.2 billion in supplemental funding for National Institutes of Health, directing $1.2 billion to cancer research.

Women, Men and Service

Inside HigherEd - Thu, 07/17/2008 - 04:00
Research released in new book argues that a set of nuanced issues -- such as assignments that take female professors away from scholarly inquiry -- limit their advancement.
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