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Robert W. Drago, former research director of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, was sentenced to 18 months' probation for the misdemeanor.

The United University Professions at the State University of New York voted to end the relationship, citing complaints, including a recent leadership change.

In a nation whose institutions typically leave little room for elective courses, general-education programs are starting to gain a foothold. Karin Fischer explains why.

Nineteen of the donors gave to colleges, more than the number who supported any other cause, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

But some officials are wary of proposals to offer "M.B.A. lite."

Even as the adjunct ranks grow, comprehensive national data about their salaries and benefits remain scarce. One instructor aims to remedy the problem.

A conference kicks off a $40-million project dedicated to improving student learning, but old habits die hard, participants say.

Stephen Bloom, who teaches journalism at the University of Iowa, gave his students a real-life lesson in how not to improve town-gown relations.

David W. Pershing, who has been at the university since 1977, hopes to raise its status and improve completion by raising admissions standards.

Jane Wellman, executive director of the Delta Project on Postsecondary Costs, Productivity, and Accountability, explains why college tuitions are so expensive.

This Valentine's Day, some husbands may simply want hugs, says a sex expert at Indiana University.

A geophysicist in Colorado uses hard-won knowledge of Earth to map water, and possible habitats for ancient life, in the Martian ground.

And that has higher-education lobbyists and leaders wondering what, exactly, that will mean.