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Do other college presidents fly first class?
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Daniel de Vise
| March 9, 2011; 1:28 PM ET |
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UDC students protest school president
Students gathered outside the office of University of the District of Columbia President Allen Sessoms at lunchtime Monday to demand his resignation over allegations of profligate spending. The protest comes a week after the release of university documents showing a...
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| March 7, 2011; 1:27 PM ET |
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Harvard reopens door to ROTC
Harvard University on Thursday became the most prominent college to welcome the Reserve Officer Training Corps back to campus in response to congressional repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Many universities, including some of the...
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| March 3, 2011; 6:35 PM ET |
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Cal State's Reed: Don't cut Pell grant program
California State University broke with years of tradition in the 2008 downturn by adopting competitive admissions. For the first time in a long time, California students in the top third of their classes with B averages weren't guaranteed admission. Since...
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| March 2, 2011; 12:22 PM ET |
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Fixing higher ed: ACE's Molly Corbett Broad
In an article published last week in The Washington Post Magazine, I offered eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the article, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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| February 28, 2011; 9:52 AM ET |
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Fixing higher ed: U-Va. and U-Md. weigh in
In an article published last week in The Washington Post Magazine, I offered eight suggestions to "fix" higher education. After reading the article, you can rank the ideas in a poll, which you will find farther down on this blog....
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| February 27, 2011; 2:46 PM ET |
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Fixing higher ed: Catholic University's Brennan,
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, February 26, 2011
Fixing higher ed: Lumina's Jamie Merisotis,
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, February 24, 2011
Guest post: Student engagement is the key 'fix',
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, February 24, 2011
Fixing higher ed: Trinity's Patricia McGuire,
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, February 23, 2011
Fixing higher ed: StraighterLine's Burck Smith,
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, February 22, 2011
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, February 21, 2011
Fixing higher ed: Andrew Gillen, Richard Vedder,
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, February 20, 2011
Fixing higher ed: Steven Knapp, GWU,
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, February 19, 2011
How to fix higher education: Doug Bennett, Earlham College,
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, February 17, 2011
TB suspected at GWU,
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, February 16, 2011
Gallaudet closing 17 programs,
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, February 16, 2011
Towson enacts secret ballot for tenure decisions,
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, February 11, 2011
ACTA's Neal: Student 'choice' has run amok,
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, February 8, 2011
Higher ed reporters meet to learn, share, gripe,
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, February 5, 2011
Howard University preserves some imperiled programs,
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, February 1, 2011
Lumina's Degree Profile: A co-author's view,
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, January 27, 2011
Naval Academy professor settles free-speech claim,
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, January 26, 2011
Seven U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen expelled for 'spice',
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, January 26, 2011
Tucson shooting response underscores role of universities in building community,
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, January 20, 2011
U-Md. provost named president of Stevens Institute,
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, January 18, 2011
The purpose of college in 2011,
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, January 17, 2011
Prince George's faculty unhappy with customer-service badges,
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, January 10, 2011
Brown University sues Newport News over sword,
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, January 6, 2011
Iraq vet barred from Baltimore community college over essay on killing,
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, January 5, 2011
'Degrading' football pre-game song pulled at U-Va.,
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, December 17, 2010
Dept. of Education finds Va. Tech at fault in 2007 massacre,
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, December 9, 2010
James Madison president to step down,
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, December 9, 2010
U-Va., William and Mary grad rates are nation's best,
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, December 6, 2010
GWU med-school official takes sabbatical,
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, December 4, 2010
25 ways to reduce the cost of college,
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, December 2, 2010
A new name for College of Notre Dame ,
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, November 16, 2010
Study abroad declines for the first time ever,
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, November 15, 2010
Bowie State provost has resigned,
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, November 10, 2010
Study: Recommendation letters can hinder women,
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, November 10, 2010
UMB inaugurates new president,
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, November 9, 2010
Texas students oppose tuition break for illegal immigrants,
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, November 8, 2010
Gangs, drugs allegedly spotted at Pr. George's Community College,
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, November 5, 2010
A 'breakthrough' in fighting anti-Semitism on campus,
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, November 1, 2010
Montgomery College inaugurates a new leader,
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, October 30, 2010
Va. Tech sues alumnus for 'Hokie' business ,
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, October 29, 2010
List of failing students mistakenly sent to all students,
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, October 28, 2010
GOP lawmaker asks whether Montgomery College is breaking law ,
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, October 27, 2010
Bethune-Cookman: Profs used apartment for sex,
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, October 26, 2010
Bowie State faculty: Life under provost 'untenable',
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, October 26, 2010
A no-confidence vote in Bowie State's leadership,
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, October 22, 2010
More reaction to U-Va. audit of literary journal,
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, October 21, 2010
UPDATED: U-Va. audit finds school took 'appropriate action' in bullying allegations,
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, October 20, 2010
Most expensive colleges: GU, GWU getting cheaper?,
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, October 20, 2010
Study: Racial harmony begins in the dorm room,
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, October 18, 2010
A state university retreats from language study,
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, October 13, 2010
Virginia U uses U.S. News data in faculty hires,
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, October 12, 2010
Georgetown U.: Rope found on campus not a noose,
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, October 1, 2010
R&D spending continues to rise,
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, September 30, 2010
Update: All clear at University of Texas; gunman acted alone,
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, September 28, 2010
National Research Council doctoral rankings released,
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, September 28, 2010
University of Texas shooting: Gunman dead; searching for second suspect,
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, September 28, 2010
Strike draws attention to inmate workers in GMU dining halls,
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, September 21, 2010
NYU comes to D.C.,
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, September 20, 2010
New U-Md. president gives $100,000 to university,
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, September 14, 2010
GMU food-service workers strike to protest conditions,
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, September 8, 2010
Gallaudet students question response time in death,
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, September 7, 2010
Should 'Sex Week' worry college leaders?,
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, September 2, 2010
Liberal arts college offers a job to every grad,
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, September 1, 2010
Guest blog: The 'Four-Year College Myth',
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, August 31, 2010
Embattled U-Va. literary journal goes on hiatus,
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, August 31, 2010
Dillard University, five years after Katrina,
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, August 30, 2010
Washington Monthly's take on college rankings,
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, August 23, 2010
New U-Md. President Loh: 'Go Terps!',
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, August 18, 2010
U-Md. names new president: Iowa provost Loh,
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, August 16, 2010
Feds publish for-profit loan repayment rates,
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, August 16, 2010
150 private colleges fail DOE financial test,
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, August 12, 2010
U-Va. to boot student, faculty cars for unpaid tickets,
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, August 11, 2010
Leading for-profit college responds to GAO report,
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, August 11, 2010
Report: Liberal bias at Howard, AU, U-Md., GWU, Va.Tech,
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, August 10, 2010
Gay college presidents form group,
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, August 9, 2010
Yeardley Love case prompts U-Va. rule change,
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, August 6, 2010
GAO report: How damaging to for-profits?,
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, August 5, 2010
California college is first to go 'grid positive',
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, August 4, 2010
Trustee group to colleges: No more tuition hikes,
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, August 3, 2010
NVCC named a leader among community colleges,
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, July 29, 2010
Two cases pit gay rights against religious values ,
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, July 28, 2010
National Labor College names president,
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, July 27, 2010
The best D.C.-area colleges to work for,
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, July 26, 2010
College giving will rebound, survey says,
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, July 20, 2010
Study: Most provosts don't want to be presidents,
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, July 20, 2010
American University goes fully 'test-optional',
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, July 15, 2010
Naval Academy discovers 'culture',
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, July 15, 2010
College presidents move past the Dean Wormer era,
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, July 12, 2010
Update: USM's Kirwan says U-Md. search on track,
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, July 9, 2010
U-Md. may not have Mote's successor lined up,
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, July 9, 2010
GW law dean named Brandeis president,
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, July 8, 2010
U-Texas reconsiders dorm named for Klan leader,
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, July 1, 2010
Most colleges consider applicants' criminal past,
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, July 1, 2010
Naval Academy inquiry focused mostly on football,
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, June 30, 2010
Naval Academy 'slush fund' revealed,
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, June 29, 2010
Zimmer: How U-Chicago got hot,
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, June 28, 2010
Update: 'Test-optional' list longer by one,
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, June 22, 2010
U-Va.'s Casteen on community college transfers,
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, June 17, 2010
New CUA president: not a cleric, but a 'man of faith',
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, June 15, 2010
Study: highly-rated professors are. . . overrated,
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, June 11, 2010
Trinity President McGuire gets AAUP honor for criticizing 'religious vigilantism',
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, June 10, 2010
Hartwick president defends three-year degree,
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, June 7, 2010
CUA president appointed bishop of Trenton,
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, June 4, 2010
Kaplan College head fired for 'English-only' rule,
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, June 1, 2010
Wheaton, Wellesley, Wesleyan. . . whatever,
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, May 28, 2010
Taxpayers paid $17k a month for executive ed,
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, May 26, 2010
GMU prevails in sexual harassment case,
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, May 26, 2010
De-greasing Herndon: A slippery slope?,
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, May 25, 2010
Is the future of higher ed in Fayette, Iowa?,
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, May 21, 2010
Montgomery College names new president,
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, May 18, 2010
USNA reconsiders Herndon Climb,
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, May 12, 2010
For-profits, Frontline and College Inc.,
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, May 7, 2010
Could U-Va. have prevented tragedy?,
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, May 6, 2010
Friday news roundup,
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, April 30, 2010
A 24 percent tuition increase?,
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, April 29, 2010
GMU law professor faces harassment suit,
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, April 28, 2010
Coffee with Montgomery College President Pinkney,
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, April 22, 2010
Solar decathlons, and other sustainability news,
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, April 20, 2010
G'town-gown relations strained,
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, April 19, 2010
GWU language profs feeling devalued,
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, April 19, 2010
Maryland tuition rises for first time in four years,
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, April 16, 2010
U.S. News grad-school rankings: a walkthrough,
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, April 15, 2010
"Green" gowns. Gross?,
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, April 14, 2010
JMU riot not an isolated case,
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, April 13, 2010
Hurley named Mary Washington president,
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, April 9, 2010
Tuition discounting at an all-time high,
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, April 9, 2010
UDC closes for excessive heat -- in early April,
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, April 7, 2010
Is it OK to make students buy texts written by the teacher?,
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, March 31, 2010
Student opposes Liberty U. health care lawsuit,
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, March 29, 2010
Coffee with Dartmouth President Kim,
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, March 25, 2010
Commencement speakers: first lady still a 'maybe',
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, March 24, 2010
JHU tuition crosses $40K mark,
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, March 22, 2010
Coffee with UW President Emmert,
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, March 21, 2010
Bill would open college crisis records,
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, March 19, 2010
UMW appoints acting president,
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, March 18, 2010
Calculating the net price of college,
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, March 17, 2010
Coffee with Excelsior president Ebersole,
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, March 16, 2010
U-Md. sends 38 to a Chicago event,
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, March 15, 2010
Hopkins: We will cut emissions by half,
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, March 12, 2010
UDC leases space near Union Station,
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, March 12, 2010
Va. college leaders weigh in on discrimination,
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, March 11, 2010
Colleges extend spring term over snow days,
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, March 11, 2010
Brother, sister from Shenandoah U. return to Haiti,
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, March 10, 2010
Coffee with U. of Oregon President Lariviere,
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, March 10, 2010
UDC unveils largest-ever ad campaign,
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, March 9, 2010
Laptops in class: tool or distraction?,
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, March 9, 2010
Chancellor Kirwan honored for leadership,
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, March 9, 2010
Va. college students lash back at Cuccinelli position on gay rights,
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, March 8, 2010
GS to merge with shuttered Southeastern,
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, March 5, 2010
California 'Day of Action': How big is it?,
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, March 4, 2010
MIT official tapped as GWU provost,
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, March 3, 2010
Towson provost speaks on Zaruba firing,
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, March 3, 2010
NVCC veterans await benefits,
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, March 3, 2010
Towson adjunct fired for racial epithet,
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, March 2, 2010
CUA students criticize commencement pick,
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, March 2, 2010
Coffee with Cal State Chancellor Charles B. Reed,
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, March 1, 2010
Let the commencements begin,
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, February 26, 2010
The Census comes to campus,
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, February 25, 2010
Ramsay to leave UMB at month's end,
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, February 24, 2010
Investigation: sexual assault seldom punished ,
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, February 24, 2010
Mary Washington president's surprise resignation,
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, February 24, 2010
Perman: UMB needs research space,
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, February 23, 2010
Jay Perman appointed UMB president,
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, February 23, 2010
Urgo named president of St. Mary's College,
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, February 23, 2010
Public Agenda survey finds deep skepticism,
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, February 19, 2010
U-Md. vs. U-Va.: Bring it on!,
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, February 17, 2010
Net price: A college president's view,
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, February 17, 2010
U.S. News vs. NSSE,
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, February 15, 2010
Pat McGuire and Trinity Washington University,
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, February 15, 2010
GW trustees approve tuition hike,
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, February 12, 2010
Academia obsessed, displeased with rankings,
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, February 12, 2010
Another snow day,
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, February 11, 2010
USNA Superintendent on Curry Drug Test,
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, February 11, 2010
Stimulus Funds Saved Publics,
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, February 11, 2010
Snowball Fights and Snowbound Presidents,
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, February 10, 2010
V-T, WM, VMI endowments thriving,
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, February 10, 2010
From college president to successful author,
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, February 9, 2010
Blizzard U: D.C. colleges dig out,
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, February 9, 2010
College president chronicles return to school,
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, February 8, 2010
William & Mary, U-Va. open today,
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, February 8, 2010
Snowed in at College Inc.,
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, February 8, 2010
Coffee with Pomona President Oxtoby,
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, February 5, 2010
Site tracks college "sustainability",
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, February 4, 2010
GWU expands media relations ,
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, February 4, 2010
U of C President dating professor,
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, February 3, 2010
New head of labor college,
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, January 28, 2010
