Record debts loom after graduation
By Caroline Fairchild | April 22, 2011Duke is incoming freshman Lionel Watkins’ dream school, but the debt he will incur during his four years almost kept him from attending.
Duke is incoming freshman Lionel Watkins’ dream school, but the debt he will incur during his four years almost kept him from attending.
Duke faculty satisfaction is relatively high compared to that of its peer institutions, Academic Council members learned at their meeting Thursday.
Members of Duke Student Government and the administration are working to improve the often-criticized undergraduate advising system.
Revisions to online course scheduling will allow more students to enroll and receive financial aid this summer.
It’s time for students and faculty to get a little closer.
Students may perform better academically if they are treated as gifted, according to a recent U.S. Department of Education study of a North Carolina program.
After three years using Blackboard Academic Suite, Duke is preparing to upgrade.
The first phase of Duke Kunshan University is expected to cost Duke $37 million, according to a document released Thursday at Academic Council.
Students will have to begin removing several words from their Duke-related vocabulary—one year from now, classic courses such as Math 31, Econ 55 and Psych 11 will be known by different names.
Timur Kuran is a Duke professor of economics and political science and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies. His recent book, “The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East,”...
Four New York Times journalists were released by the Libyan government Monday after a week in captivity. One of the reporters, Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid, worked under Phil Bennett, a...
Duke’s undergraduate Markets and Management Studies certificate has a devoted student following, despite the fact that some have criticized its practicality.
The Arts and Sciences Council unanimously approved the new South Asian Studies certificate program and discussed the results of the faculty Budget Solutions Poll at its meeting Thursday.
University foreign language departments are becoming even more pertinent as Duke expands abroad, but continued spending cuts in Durham are causing stress among language faculty.
More students than last year have submitted applications to study abroad through “Duke-in” programs, according to the Global Education Office for Undergraduates
The Academic Council received the biannual update of the University’s Faculty Diversity Initiative and elected a new chair at its meeting Thursday.
As application deadlines for study abroad programs loom, many Trinity students may find that their Pratt counterparts are looking to go abroad—a trend somewhat unique to Duke.
As some Duke students have already learned, labs have a place outside of the sciences.
Apple’s newest sensation has made its way to Duke as administrators look to change the way students learn and instructors teach.
When Duke alum Wil Weldon saw Reynolds Price in mid-December for what he did not yet know would be the last time, his former professor gave him a stern warning.