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From the Chronicle of Higher Ed:
Video: The Buzz at Educause 2009 |
U. of Wisconsin Faculty Puts Brakes on Graduate-School Reorganization |
The Netflix of Academic Journals Opens Shop |
The Latest File-Sharing Piracy: Academic Journals |
The Buzz at Educause: Outsourcing, Mobile Computing, Saving Money |
Texas Voters Approve Measure to Strengthen Research Universities |
Researcher Harpoons the 'Nessie' Survey of Students |
Report Challenges 'Negative Propaganda' Around U.S. Competitiveness in Degree Attainment |
Re-Examination of Federal Rules for For-Profit Institutions Gets Under Way |
Popular College Media Aggregator UWIRE Is Suspended Indefinitely |
Personal and Professional Factors Affect Researchers' Productivity, Study Finds |
Online Education, Growing Fast, Eyes the Truly 'Big Time' |
News Analysis: What the Shakeup in China's Education Ministry Could Mean for Reform |
Music Industry Changes Tune of New Program to Fight File Sharing |
Men and Women Differ in How They Decide to Study Abroad, Study Finds |
Many Private Colleges Expect Tuition Revenue Declines, Moody's Report Says |
Instructor Suspended After Criticizing Sex-Harassment Policy Is Reinstated |
IT Budgets Wither With the Times, Survey Finds |
How Many Higher-Education Jobs Stimulus Saved Remains Unclear |
Google Uses Educause Meeting as Focus Group for Wave |
Getting Real Space to Teach--Virtually |
Gates Foundation Awards $4-Million to Help 7 Cities Improve College-Completion Rates |
Gaps in Immigrants' Education Levels Play Into Canada's Edge Over U.S., Researchers Say |
Former Education Dept. Official to Plead Guilty Over Stock Holdings in Lender |
Federal Judge to Alabama in Suit Over Crimson: Roll On, Tide |
Faculty and Technology Officials Fight Over College Values |
Education Department Releases Template for Net-Price Calculator |
Continuing Education and Social Networking Combine to Attract Students |
Colleges Can Benefit by Steering More Aid to the Needy, Studies Suggest |
College Leaders Offer Blunt Advice for Campuses Hit by Hard Times |
Business-School Professors Learn a Hard Lesson in Competition, Study Finds |
Budget Problems Put an End to a Long-Running Tech Newsletter |
Big East Is a Big Loser in Web Accessibility for Disabled People, Study Says |
Austrian Protests Reveal Challenges in Europe Over Access to Higher Education |
Audio: Community Colleges Create a Measuring Stick |
Audio: A Chat With Muriel A. Howard |
As Berkeley Enrolls More Out-of-State Students, Racial Diversity May Suffer |
Are College E-Mail Addresses on the Way Out? |
Americans Are Lonelier, but Don't Blame the Internet, Report Says |
3 Tests of Student Skills Show Consistency, Study Finds |
'You Geeks Have to Become Radical Militant Activists' |
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