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'Symbiotic' Approach to Veterans' Needs
Mount Wachusett Community College will be home to on-site services for rehabilitation -- in addition to offering more traditional education and training.
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Quick Takes: How Attitudes Derail Math, College Funds Found to Have Been Misused, Mergers in Georgia, Why a Provost Left After 7 Weeks, Threats Shut Middle Tennessee, Turkey Turmoil at Harvard B-School
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Should I Put My Students on a Melting Iceberg?
And four other questions about the community college puzzle that Wick Sloane, after 18 months in the trenches, still can’t answer.
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
A Snapshot of IT Trends
Educause releases its annual survey, with notable gains for course management systems and open source software.
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Debating the Merits of Merit Pay
After faculty dispute, Towson compromises on how to distribute raises, while Temple attempts to shift entirely to "pay per performance."
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Turnarounds at Traditional Underdogs
Vanderbilt and Northwestern football teams are undefeated and nationally ranked. What explains the unexpected success at these academically competitive universities?
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Poster Policy Unites Obama and McCain Supporters
Following uproar, UT Austin suspends rule barring window decorations one day after students displaying signs faced punishment.
10/10/2008 12:00:00 AM
Engaging Students as Volunteers and Voters
Colleges need to take specific steps to help students -- and society -- benefit from the interest in this year's elections, write Paul Loeb, Maureen F. Curley and Sherry Morreale.
10/9/2008 12:00:00 AM
Ig-Nobel Thoughts
Is U.S. literature too insular and media-crazed to merit notice by the Swedish Academy? Scott McLemee asks around.
10/8/2008 12:00:00 AM
The Governance We Deserve
Kristin Esterberg and John Wooding, two professors who became administrators and then returned to the faculty ranks, consider how reward structures divide these groups.
10/7/2008 12:00:00 AM
Making a Case for Diversity in STEM Fields
Science fields will lose quality if they don't attract a broader range of students, write Daryl E. Chubin and Shirley M. Malcom.
10/6/2008 12:00:00 AM
Amplified Learning
When Susan Kirschner tried an experiment so she could better hear her students, she ended up teaching them how to listen.
10/3/2008 12:00:00 AM
Upwardly Mobile Academic: Marvin Krislov
Oberlin's next president has been general counsel at the University of Michigan.
5/17/2007 12:00:00 AM
Commuting for Love -- Winning Essay
Bob Mayberry and Denise Stephenson recall a ruined rendezvous -- and learning to laugh at the frustrations of living apart.
4/5/2007 12:00:00 AM
Commuting for Love
In another runner up in Inside Higher Ed's contest on long-distance academic commutes, C. Anthony Broh recalls a strategy that worked in the era before 9/11.
3/27/2007 12:00:00 AM
Commuting for Love
In one of the runners up in Inside Higher Ed's essay contest on long-distance academic commutes, Mark A. Morgenstern recalls travel via foot, bike, station wagon, and all-night train.
3/20/2007 12:00:00 AM
'The Academic's Handbook'
As new edition of book comes out, one of its editors reflects on changes in faculty careers.
1/10/2007 12:00:00 AM
From Practice Room to Board Room
Jonathan D. Green, trained as a conductor, explains how those skills translate to his job as an academic dean.
12/20/2006 12:00:00 AM
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