January 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
A new report from a national free speech advocacy organization found most of the four-year universities it surveyed had speech codes that substantially limit students' freedom of speech, including dozens of colleges in California. In its annual report, the Foundation for Individual Rights...
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April 13, 2010, 12:06 AM
The average salary for a full-time professor in California increased by less than 1 percent over last year, according to a new national survey from the American Association of University Professors. Photo by Pam Roth The figures are part of a national report that found salaries for full-...
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April 9, 2010, 12:07 AM
On an otherwise gloomy higher education landscape, there's one sliver of good news for students struggling to cover their college expenses. According to a new survey by the Project on Student Debt, 50 colleges with policies to limit or eliminate loans in student aid packages are still keeping...
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March 26, 2010, 12:03 AM
Could California's medical school students soon have the chance to complete a Doctor of Medicine degree in three years instead of four? Inside Higher Ed reports that Texas Tech University has just approved a three-year medical school program at half the cost of a traditional four-year program...
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February 3, 2010, 12:01 AM
At a time when concern about the practice has hit a fever pitch, a new study reveals that only 13 of the country's top 50 academic medical centers have policies that prohibit medical ghostwriting – when medical writers, who are often sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, secretly...
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February 2, 2010, 12:25 AM
Falling in line with the national trend, several California universities saw double-digit drops in the market value of their endowments last year, according to a new survey by the National Association of College and University Business Officials. Nationally, the value of college...
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January 27, 2010, 1:20 AM
The University of the Pacific in Stockton is one of more than 100 colleges and universities that have tried to boost their applicant pool by using a new marketing gimmick that borrows from the playbook of credit card companies, the New York Times reports. The story details how the...
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January 14, 2010, 12:02 AM
Just when you thought you’d learned everything about drug dealing from "The Wire," a new academic book takes a deep look off the radar at a predominantly white, middle-class, college drug-dealing network. I haven’t read “Dorm Room Dealers” – a $50...
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January 4, 2010, 3:52 PM
The biggest problem with higher education today isn’t that students can’t afford to enroll – it’s that too many of the students who do enroll aren’t learning very much and aren’t earning degrees, Kevin Carey argues in the winter issue of the progressive journal,...
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