Executive Pay
What Public-College
Presidents Make
Public outcry over presidential pay has intensified, but it appears to have done little to affect what presidents earn at public research institutions.
Chart Compare executives' salaries with those of their faculty. |
Analysis How can public systems recruit top talent amid public scrutiny? |
Table Browse data about the leaders at 199 colleges. |
In the World
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Educators Debate Rankings' Negative Effects on Latin American Universities
Elite research institutions in the English-speaking world dominate international lists. Universities with different strengths lose out in decisions based on those lists.
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For Universities Looking Abroad, Brazil Promises Opportunity and Challenge
- WorldWise: Correcting 'The Great Brain Race'
The Trillion-Dollar Question
What Does $1-Trillion in Student Debt Really Mean? Maybe Not That Much
Student-loan debt is in the spotlight, but what does the total amount outstanding really tell us?
Student Loans Have Become 'Pawn in the Latest Political Fight'
Readers Respond:
From the Blogs
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The Real Power of the Phantom Mind
Paralyzed patients can control robot arms with their brains.
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Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Teachers
Some say teaching is a calling. “I just pray that if my kids get the call, they don’t pick up,” Rob Jenkins writes.
- Paint It High and Deep
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Is Death Bad for You?
It sure seems like it, but ...
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From Icky to Etsy, Victorian Craft Lives On
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Portnoy's Enduring Complaint
From Graduate School to Welfare
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The Ph.D. Now Comes With Food Stamps
Many people with master's degrees and Ph.D.'s are surviving on government assistance, and their numbers are rising fast.
In the U.S.
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U.S. May Require College Language Programs to Get Special Accreditation
A Homeland Security agency has told university-run language programs they must show evidence of separate accreditation or risk losing eligibility to enroll foreign students.
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Psychiatrist's Apology Stands Out From Typical Scientific Regrets
The emeritus professor from Columbia University regrets his work on “anti-gay” therapy, and wants to set things right.
- As Elite Colleges Invite the World Online, Questions Remain on Their Business Plans
- New Dean's Mission: Expand the Reconfigured Jack Welch Institute
- President of California U. of Pennsylvania Is Fired
- Building a Digital Map of Scholarly Archival Materials
- Quest for College Accountability Demands Yet More Data
- Stolen Ideas? Or Great Minds Thinking Alike?
- IRS Is Urged to Reduce Paperwork Burden on Colleges and Other Charities
- With Choice of New Leader, College Board Hopes to Extend Its Reach
The Ticker
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When liberals invoke Jewish tradition, it’s to the prophets they turn. But the prophets’ calls for justice, says Michael Walzer, weren’t political. They were demands for submission to God. More













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