(Source: Virginia Tech) A newly-released study details administrative failures in last April's massacre at Virginia Tech. Among other findings, the study reveals that more than two hours elapsed...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Mark on August 27, 2007
(Source: Johns Hopkins University) This week and next, families across America will arrive at college campuses to move kids in. Separation anxiety will prevail. Among students? Nah. Parents. Read...
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(Source: Atlanta Technical College) Community colleges? Ummm...why? Well, let's hear it from the culprit, Washington Monthly: In the higher education family, community colleges are typically...
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Well, they're out, as I promised yesterday. Let the controversy continue. For the record, here's how they stack up: National Universities 1. Princeton 2. Harvard 3. Yale 4. Stanford 5....
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(Source: Pomona College) At least to some of us. As is customary, the magazine released a preview of its annual fall rankings to college PR folks. The results remain embargoed, but the advance notice...
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(Source: Hillsdale College) College presidents are often called upon to air their views on controversial subjects, ostensibly because they represent learning and erudition. But as Larry Summers...
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Filed in archive Philanthropy
by Mark on August 08, 2007
My latest Chronicle of Higher Education column is out this week. This time, I recall the final frantic day of our fiscal year, during which my office tried to reach a fund raising milestone....
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(Source: Georgetown University) No, it's not 12 months spent shopping for jeans. It's a year between high school and college, a tack more students are taking, according to a Washington Post...
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(Source: University of Kentucky) It seems as though roughly 50 universities want to be included in the top 20. The University of Kentucky is one. Their story is told in a recent New York Times piece....
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