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Pay for Top 14 NCAA Executives Totaled Nearly $6-Million Last Year
1 hour 53 min agoAccording to federal tax documents recently made public, the association's president made $1,145,880 in 2008-9.
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Audio: Should Colleges Encourage Better Tech/Life Balance?
10 hours 5 min agoNaomi S. Baron, a linguistics professor at American University, tells the Tech Therapists about her concern that colleges push too much technology on students and professors.
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Many College Boards Are at Sea in Assessing Student Learning, Survey Finds
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 04:01Boards do not spend enough time discussing student-learning outcomes, nor do they understand the subject well enough, says a report on the survey results.
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Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Against Stem-Cell Research
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 04:00A ruling last month blocked federal funds for embryonic-stem-cell research, but a court on Thursday set aside that ruling, giving researchers hope for eventual victory.
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Health-Care Premiums Rise 7% for Colleges
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 02:00The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources says this year's increase compares with a 5.7 percent increase for family plans last year.
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A Slow Start for Japan's Effort to Forge 'Global' Universities
Thu, 09/09/2010 - 01:00The number of Japanese students overseas has plummeted, and the country's internationalization project has stalled under criticism.
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Library at New Mexico State U. to Cancel Hundreds of Subscriptions
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 22:00A cut of more than $600,000 is driving the planned cancellations, most of which are not available from other collections.
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8 U.S. Colleges Join in Promoting Israel for Study Abroad
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 13:00As part of an effort to raise Israel's profile as a study-abroad destination, eight American colleges are starting or expanding programs to send students there.
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New Multimillion-Dollar Grants Go to U.S. and African Universities
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 05:00The U.S. Agency for International Development and Higher Education for Development have awarded up to $1.1-million each to the academic partnerships.
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Nonprofit Group Steps Up Campaign to Get More Hispanic Students to Complete College
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 04:01Fifty organizations have joined Excelencia in Education's effort and plan to help it put together a policy road map to achieve the increase.
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Former College President Is Found Personally Liable for Expelling Student
Wed, 09/08/2010 - 03:00The past leader of Valdosta State University can be required to pay damages to a student he dismissed without a hearing, a federal judge said.
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In Wired Singapore Classrooms, Cultures Clash Over Web 2.0
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 23:00Going public with your class work, as when using social-media tools like wikis, runs counter to many Asian cultural norms.
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Volume 57, Issue 3: September 10, 2010
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 13:01Categories: News - News - News
Volume 57, Issue 2: September 3, 2010
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:52Categories: News - News - News
Internationally, College Graduates Fared Better During Recession
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:59In its latest report on higher-education trends, the OECD also notes shifting patterns in study-abroad destinations.
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2 Universities in New Zealand Cope With Earthquake Damage
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 05:23At one, the University of Canterbury, an important collection of antiquities suffered chipping and breakage. Both institutions will be closed for a week.
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British Official Calls for Tighter Curbs on Student Visas
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:36Students who come to study at universities are valued, the immigration minister said, but levels of net migration have become "unsustainable."
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An Elite French University Creates an English-Language Campus
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 01:00The Reims branch of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris is focused on North American studies and hopes to attract students from the U.S. and Canada.
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Audio: Do Professors Pay Enough Attention to Whether Students Are Learning?
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:50It's a difficult question to answer, say Robin Wilson and David Glenn, senior writers for The Chronicle.
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AAUP to Universities: Tenure Is Not Just for Researchers
Mon, 09/06/2010 - 05:00In a new report, the organization calls for bringing contingent faculty members, the backbone of the professoriate, into the tenure stream.
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