E-Textbooks for All  Oct. 7

A pilot at the University of Texas at Austin will replace printed textbooks with electronic versions for all students in certain classes, free of charge. more

Open Access or Faux Access?  Oct. 7

Anthropology association — criticized by scholars for use of subscription model — says it has embraced idea of making digital material free. But you have to wait 35 years. more

2 Wins for Illinois Professors  Oct. 7

University affirms that they can wear buttons and attend rallies, and ends talks that some feared would create the next Hoover Institution. more

Bands Gone Wild  Oct. 7

A series of recent allegations raise questions about the behavior and culture of college marching bands. more

A Strike Against Labor  Oct. 7

With veto of $5.4 million in funds for U. of California labor studies programs, Schwarzenegger issues latest salvo in long-running fight over research arm’s perceived partisanship. more

Quick Takes: Getting Aid to Community College Students, President Admits Drunk Driving, Nobel in Physics, College Women Seek Smart Men  Oct. 7

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News from the past two weeks

Below, find News stories published over the past two weeks. For older items, please search the archives.

• Margaret Spellings Looks Back  Oct. 6
• Putting What Works to Better Use  Oct. 6
• Cruise Virus Becomes Campus Virus  Oct. 6
• More Scrutiny on Conflicts of Interest  Oct. 6
• Sharing Tuition News Early  Oct. 6
• Quick Takes: Bombs at 2 Colleges, Battle Over Anti-Abortion Scholars, Pollock Painting May Be Safe, 3 Europeans Share Nobel in Medicine, Deal at Windsor, St. Augustine’s Sports Violations  Oct. 6
• A Tale of Two GI Bills  Oct. 3
• Slavic Immigrants vs. Gay Rights  Oct. 3
• A Little Rebellion Proves a Good Thing  Oct. 3
• In Study Abroad, Dispute Over Roaming  Oct. 3
• One for the Little Guy  Oct. 3
• Quick Takes: Protest Over Political Ban at Illinois, Another Scandal for Pa. Loan Agency, Patent Loss for Johns Hopkins, Sick Students at Georgetown, Ig Nobel Prizes  Oct. 3
• Trickle-Down Economic Duress  Oct. 2
• New Challenge to TOEFL  Oct. 2
• Redefining Division III  Oct. 2
• California Passes Law Protecting Animal Researchers  Oct. 2
• Understanding Students Who Were ‘Born Digital’  Oct. 2
• Palin’s Campus Outpost  Oct. 2
• Quick Takes: New Research Rules Urged at VCU, Ads Banned From History Course, Savings Decline, Another Conference Location Controversy, Vanderbilt Replaces Loans With Grants, ‘Working Mother’ Honors Cornell and Harvard, Tidings from IRS, Beheaded Croc  Oct. 2
• The Spellings Plan for Simplification  Oct. 1
• Shifting Winds in Arabic Teaching  Oct. 1
• A ‘Penalty’ for Starting at a Community College?  Oct. 1
• ‘Stuck in the Shallow End’  Oct. 1
• Border-Crossing Universities  Oct. 1
• Quick Takes: Prof Accused of Hacking, Megagift Possible for Texas, 4 Suspended for Obama Effigy, Anthropology Debate, Trouble for MyRichUncle, Liberal Arts Advice for Next President, American Indian Enrollments, New Leader for Hughes Institute  Oct. 1
• Online Campus, Part II: The Spinoff  Sept. 30
• A Crack in the Dominance of the LSAT?  Sept. 30
• Separate But Equal?  Sept. 30
• ‘Emblematic’ Leader for NYU’s Abu Dhabi Campus  Sept. 30
• ‘The Dionysian End to Summer’  Sept. 30
• Quick Takes: Rich Students and Poor Students, Endnote Creator Sues Over Zotero, Shortage of Marine Scientists Projected, Another Strike in Canada  Sept. 30
• Covering Up or Scaring Off?  Sept. 29
• If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em  Sept. 29
• After the SAT Report, What Next?  Sept. 29
• The Competition to Be Transparent  Sept. 29
• Quick Takes: Probe in Miss., Safety Bill Altered, Indicted Official Had Prior Conviction, New Grades at Harvard Law, Communication Profs Condemn Illinois, Title IX Settlement, UCLA’s New Prime, From Princeton to DeVry, State College Leader Retires  Sept. 29
• New Programs: Nursing, Structural Engineering, Anthropology, Sustainable Urban Engineering, Entrepreneurship  Sept. 29
• Creating the Anti-Rankings  Sept. 26
• Warning Signals  Sept. 26
• Want a Good Parking Spot? Read On  Sept. 26
• Barriers to Student Voting  Sept. 26
• Quick Takes: Next Step on Anthropology Ethics, More Fallout in Iowa, Alabama Bars Undocumented Students, No Date Yet on NRC Grad Rankings, Help for Iraqi National Library, College Apologizes for Typo, Graduation Surprise  Sept. 26
• New Presidents or Provosts: CUNY Graduate Center, Nouveau U., Santa Clara U., Seattle Community Colleges, U. of the Arts  Sept. 26
• After You Go SAT-Optional  Sept. 25
• Stamping Out Smoking — Even Outdoors  Sept. 25
• A Farewell to Arms Races?  Sept. 25
• One Student, and Thousands of Dollars, at a Time  Sept. 25
• Quick Takes: Advice for Obama/McCain, U.S. Poised to Keep Spending Flat, Obama in Effigy at George Fox, Defining the Bishop’s Role, Lambuth President Steps Down, NIH Chief to Depart, Equity in Science Prizes, Drug Makers’ Payments to Scientists  Sept. 25
• New Programs: Physical Therapy, Culinary Science, Public Policy, Humanitarian Engineering, Jewish Studies  Sept. 25
• Emergency Overload  Sept. 24
• Beware the Button Police  Sept. 24
• Know Your Rights  Sept. 24
• Grading Colleges on Their Sustainable Choices  Sept. 24
• Title IX Tantrum  Sept. 24
• Quick Takes: Iowa President Fires 2, Why Prof’s Secret Was Revealed, Accreditor Approves Unauthorized Degrees, Uneven Growth in Career Ed, President Arrested for Drunk Driving, Independence for Utica, Cornell Honored for 50+ Employment, Too Much Skin  Sept. 24