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Pay for Top 14 NCAA Executives Totaled Nearly $6-Million Last Year
According 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?
Naomi 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
Boards 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
A 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
The 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
The 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
A 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
As 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
The 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
Fifty 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
The 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
Going 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
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Volume 57, Issue 2: September 3, 2010
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Internationally, College Graduates Fared Better During Recession
In its latest report on higher-education trends, the OECD also notes shifting patterns in study-abroad destinations.
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