The public is increasingly displeased with colleges often being run like businesses, according to a study released earlier this month. Still, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said Penn “can be proud that it is...
At last we have the answer to the question that comes up at every one of my college’s faculty meetings: Where have the liberal arts gone? China! It seems that China, concerned about creativity...
An annual survey on public attitudes toward higher education finds rising skepticism about the motives of college leaders. The survey, titled “Squeeze Play 2010: Continued Public Anxiety on Cost, Harsher Judgments on How Colleges...
In the game of collegiate rankings, Loyola University Maryland is a perennial backbencher, tucked away on an inside page of the annual U.S. News & World Report list of “America’s Best Colleges.” But on...
Trustees and professors are largely in the dark about one another’s roles in university governance, according to the results of a survey released on Friday by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and...
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