Where the Grads Are
Historians Face New Pressure to Track Where Their Ph.D.'s Work
Accurate data are important for persuading potential donors that a department is worthy of their support, but faculty often resist questions about whether what they are doing...
In the World
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The Secret of a Successful Branch Campus? Marketing, Marketing, Marketing
The marketing director at Wollongong U. in Dubai makes no bones about it: "Selling is not a dirty word."
- WorldWise: In Praise of Languages for Internationalization
- McGill Will Review Professor's Research on Asbestos
From the Blogs
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The Looking-Glass vs. the Mirror: Language and Class
There are upper-class and non-upper-class ways of speaking, says Ben Yagoda, even in the furiously egalitarian United States.
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Conference USA Loses Another, and Its Commissioner Makes a Plea
An appeal to back off so the league can rebuild.
- In Defense of Browsing
Kids in the Classroom?
This Course Is
Adults Only
An education professor explains why your small children do not belong in her graduate-level course.
Readers Respond:
Facebook and the First Amendment
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Free Speech Off Campus Must Be Protected
The outcome in "Tatro v. U. of Minnesota" could give colleges almost limitless authority to silence speech critical of their programs, no matter the source.
- Minnesota Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Case of Student Disciplined for Facebook Comments
- A Court Upholds University's Right to Discipline Student Over Facebook Comments
- 'I Still Want to Stab a Certain Someone,' and Other Ideas Not to Post on Facebook
In the U.S.
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Obama Offers New Policy on Contraceptive Insurance at Religious Colleges
The new approach was designed to accommodate the strong objections of some religious leaders and groups, predominantly those affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
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After Navigating the MLA Gantlet, a Graduate Student Decides on a Job
Javier Jiménez said this final leg of his graduate-student journey had taught him about being astute in the outside world, something not taught in the classroom.
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Universities Must Adjust to Loss of Public Support, Authors Tell Business Deans
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New Business-School Accreditation Is Likely to Be More Flexible, Less Prescriptive
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Draft Rules Would Ease Student-Loan Burdens for Some
- U. of Texas Regents Adopt Plan to Strengthen Post-Tenure Reviews
- A Phone Smart Enough to Treat Depression?
- NCAA Weighs Changes in $2,000 Stipend, to Consider Financial Need
- U. of Utah's New President Hopes to Widen Appeal of the Flagship Campus
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Widener U. and Professor Who Clashed With Dean Settle Defamation Suit
Arts & Letters Daily
Books about poverty typically propose solutions or decry the problem. Katherine Boo is up to something else. She shows how poverty is lived. More
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