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Feb 04, 2014
Drexel University takes its bachelor's degrees and faculty to three community college campuses, an unusual move for a private university.

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February 22, 2022
Instead, urban universities should reckon with long-standing failures to prioritize the well-being of their communities and make meaningful, unconditional investments, Charles H. F. Davis III writes.
October 14, 2014
Cathy Davidson’s no stranger to big ideas. But her latest project at CUNY Graduate Center might just be her biggest yet.
September 17, 2014
A new group of 11 public research universities says it can set aside competition and prestige-chasing to work together to graduate more low-income students.
February 4, 2014
Drexel University takes its bachelor's degrees and faculty to three community college campuses, an unusual move for a private university.
September 30, 2013
Saybrook University joins TCS Education, part of an emergent set of nonprofit coalitions aimed at providing administrative efficiency found in public and for-profit systems.
February 20, 2013
Florida International University has embarked on an ambitious effort to internationalize the curriculum and assess students' global learning.
March 22, 2012
Faculty groups at CUNY sue to fight general education requirements, saying graduation rate obsession will lead to weaker academic rigor.
October 24, 2011
With a week until the deadline, universities vying for a high-tech campus in New York City are competing on vision and size but are unsure of what deciding factors will be.
March 29, 2011
In the Basement of the Ivory Tower describes the realities of teaching writing as an adjunct to poorly prepared students -- and questions whether many of them should be in college.
January 25, 2011
CUNY becomes largest public university system to go tobacco-free -- and its rules won't be limited to indoor spaces.

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