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A Small Step Toward Transparency
A quarter of invited colleges -- including a few with below average results -- let USA Today publish their "student engagement" results in a national database. Where were the others?
Defining Academic Freedom for 2007
AFT statement aims to reflect – and to promote strategies for fighting – challenges of faculty life today, especially off the tenure track.
Accountability and the Applicant
On anniversary of Spellings Commission report, efforts to provide more information to prospective students proliferate.
Office Hours: Coming to a Computer Near You
The days of coming in to see the professor aren't over, but some courses at traditional colleges are experimenting with virtual office hours and help in real time.
YouTube Studies
Pitzer College class is both dedicated to and cataloged on the video-sharing Web site.
Ideas to Shake Up Publishing
Unusual study leads to proposals for university presses to collaborate, to broaden definition of "academic publishing," and to build online capabilities.
The Price of Good Intentions
A faculty member tries to organize a fund for adjuncts with health-care costs, and ends up out of a job.
Campus Accountability Proposals Evolve
State and private college groups unveil plans for public release of data on tuition, graduation and -- in some cases -- student learning.