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August 2007

Connecting the Dots

  • August 31, 2007

'A Mini-NYU'

  • August 31, 2007

Jon Stewart, Oral Exams and More

  • August 31, 2007

Hub for Older Students Fears Its End

  • August 31, 2007

Quick Takes: New Plagiarism Charges at Southern Illinois, Southern U. Settles With President, Pharmacy Exams Suspended, Temporary Reprieve for St. Andrews, Ontario to Allow Unionization of College Part Timers, NCAA Bends a Rule for Recruit's Funeral

  • August 31, 2007

New Programs: Emergency Services, Electroplating, Nursing, Public Health, Law

  • August 31, 2007

Second Thoughts on Admissions Reform

  • August 30, 2007

Inequity in Post-Katrina Funding

  • August 30, 2007

When Threats Are Like Spam

  • August 30, 2007

Political Engagement 101

  • August 30, 2007

'New Players, Different Game'

  • August 30, 2007

Quick Takes: State Panel Criticizes Virginia Tech, Oregon to Rethink College Budgets, Christopher Newport Goes SAT-Optional, Probation for Dumping Chemical, NEH Fills Key Slots, Crackdown in Iran

  • August 30, 2007

SAT Scores Down Again, Wealth Up Again

  • August 29, 2007

Hazing Charges Against University Officials Dropped

  • August 29, 2007

Proving You're Not a Puppy Murderer

  • August 29, 2007

In Support of the E-Test

  • August 29, 2007

Quick Takes: Ohio Win for Partner Benefits, AAUP Protests Finkelstein Ouster, Pro-Choice Author Uninvited to Creighton, Sex Offender Uninvited to Staten Island, Checking on Refs, Dispute Over Trustees, NCAA and Miss. Spar on Eligibility

  • August 29, 2007

New Presidents or Provosts: Alliant International U., Florida Gulf Coast U., Lake Superior State U., Philadelphia U., U. of Connecticut

  • August 29, 2007

Catching Up in International Grad Students

  • August 28, 2007

Search for Consensus in California

  • August 28, 2007

The Enemy on Campus?

  • August 28, 2007

Defining Free Expression

  • August 28, 2007

Reprieve Is Possible for Antioch

  • August 28, 2007

Quick Takes: Charges Against Rider Officials to Be Dropped, College Board Paid to Be Preferred Lender, Abandoning Alma Mater, Scrutiny for Law Schools, Attack in Colorado, Aid in Canada, Study of Loan Auction, $50M for Med School

  • August 28, 2007

Bargaining for More Tenure-Track Lines

  • August 27, 2007

Terminating the Terminal Year

  • August 27, 2007

Momentum for Gender Neutrality

  • August 27, 2007

'Confessions of a Spoilsport'

  • August 27, 2007

Settlement in Suit Over SAT Errors

  • August 27, 2007

Quick Takes: St. Andrews vs. Its Accreditor, Harsh Evaluation Costs University a Gift, Audit Criticizes North Carolina A&T, Substance Abuse at SMU, Fulbrighters Afraid to Go Back to Iraq, $60M for Gordon, TB Tests at Boulder, Goat Power

  • August 27, 2007

Forget Friending -- Roommate Me

  • August 24, 2007

Educating for Responsibility

  • August 24, 2007

Don't Just Follow the Money

  • August 24, 2007

'Seeding Labs'

  • August 24, 2007

Quick Takes: Alabama Legislators Must Leave 2-Year College Jobs, Blackboard and Turnitin Settle, Research Consortium Wins Antitrust Approval, Odd Jobs for College Athletes, Dalhousie Has Facebook Group Killed, E-Books That Smell

  • August 24, 2007

New Programs: Criminal Justice, European Union Studies, Sustainable Design, Environment, Engineering

  • August 24, 2007

Virginia Tech Panels Urge Reform

  • August 23, 2007

College Board Ends Loan Activities

  • August 23, 2007

Coach Caught By an E-Mail Trail

  • August 23, 2007

Amid Controversy, Coeducation

  • August 23, 2007

Quick Takes: Outrage Over Bonuses for Loan Officials, Call for Reform of U. of California, Impact of Visa Limits, Released Scholar Faces Trial in Iran, Illegal Use of Funds in Utah, Illinois Severs Contract, Bush's Science Priorities, 59 and on the Team

  • August 23, 2007

New Programs: Biotechnology, Education, American Indian Studies

  • August 23, 2007

Publishing and Values

  • August 22, 2007

Navigating the Mammoth University

  • August 22, 2007

Business (School) Casual

  • August 22, 2007

The Stuff Factor

  • August 22, 2007

Quick Takes: Scholar Released From Iranian Prison, Harvard's $34.9 Billion, Fire Warnings, Gender Gap in Vet Schools, Early Obstacles at 2-Year Colleges, Purdue Pays $500,000 in Student's Death, Questions on Private Loans, Criticism of Anti-Boycott Stance

  • August 22, 2007

New Presidents or Provosts: Carroll College, Hilbert College, Indiana U. at Bloomington, New Mexico State U., San Bernardino Valley College

  • August 22, 2007

A Ranking That Would Matter

  • August 21, 2007

Course Shopping and Its Meaning

  • August 21, 2007

U. of Phoenix Case Lurches Toward Trial

  • August 21, 2007

How This Year's Frosh Will Make You Feel Older

  • August 21, 2007

Quick Takes: Stay Denied in Research Dispute, University Without E-Mail, Anthro Journals Shift, Grad Student Detained in Russia, Complaint on Va. Tech, Texas A&M Immune From Suit, $100M for Oregon (Sports), Reality TV, Party Schools

  • August 21, 2007

New Programs: Public Health, Fine Arts, Business, Science

  • August 21, 2007

The Middlemen of Study Abroad

  • August 20, 2007

New Rankings Controversy -- Over Community Colleges

  • August 20, 2007

Professional Development for Postdocs

  • August 20, 2007

In Second Life, There's No Fallout

  • August 20, 2007

Why Students Read Textbooks (or Don't)

  • August 20, 2007

Quick Takes: Gas Leak Sickens VT Students, Psychologists Condemn Torture, Iowa Settles Suits on 'Monster Study,' Race and Teacher Tests, Court Tells Southern Ill. to Release Documents, How SMU Courted Bush, Purdue Suspends 5 Frats, Closing Tunnels

  • August 20, 2007

Refusing to Rank

  • August 17, 2007

He Didn't Worship the Market

  • August 17, 2007

Where the Hispanic Students Are (And Aren't)

  • August 17, 2007

'Founded by Friends'

  • August 17, 2007

Quick Takes: MBA Applications Up, Antioch Calls Off Plans to Share Information, U. of Washington Won't Back Down

  • August 17, 2007

New Presidents or Provosts: Bradley U., Middlebury College, New Hampshire Community Technical College-Claremont, Normandale CC, North Carolina A&T State U., Our Lady of the Lake U., U. of North Texas

  • August 17, 2007

A University Press Stands Up -- and Wins

  • August 16, 2007

Supporting Saudi Students

  • August 16, 2007

Leaks From Antioch

  • August 16, 2007

Who's In, Who's Out

  • August 16, 2007

Inspired by Aquinas

  • August 16, 2007

Quick Takes: Cuomo Starts Probe of Study Abroad Conflicts, Palm Beach CC Nixes Domestic Partner Benefits, Backlash Against Extra Time on Tests, Sallie Mae Shareholders Approve Sale, Mascot Housing Isn't Cheap

  • August 16, 2007

Tenure and the Public Sociologist

  • August 15, 2007

Pessimistic Views on Academic Freedom

  • August 15, 2007

What's Next For Division I?

  • August 15, 2007

More Students and Higher Scores for ACT

  • August 15, 2007

Matching Up to the Group of 8

  • August 15, 2007

Quick Takes: Professors Sue Antioch, Lansing Settles Suit, Baby's Death Investigated at Mercyhurst, Undocumented Student Tuition in Colorado, Student Spending Projected to Rise, Court Win for Registrars' Group, Unusual Refund From Hebrew U.

  • August 15, 2007

Study Abroad Under Scrutiny

  • August 14, 2007

Who's Afraid of Incestuous Gay Monkey Sex?

  • August 14, 2007

Advice for the Education Department

  • August 14, 2007

UC System Chief to Step Down

  • August 14, 2007

Voter Ed -- Of, For and By Students

  • August 14, 2007

Quick Takes: Low-Cost Lenders Missing From Lists, New Leader for Ford Foundation, Disney vs. U. of Washington, 4 Charged in Deadly Prank at Bradley, Hillsdale's Increased Independence, Adult Students Decline in N.Y.

  • August 14, 2007

Race (Still) Matters

  • August 13, 2007

Sociologists and ACLU Blast Visa Denial

  • August 13, 2007

New Media Meets Campus Media

  • August 13, 2007

Why Differences in Community Colleges Matter

  • August 13, 2007

The College Experience ... If You Can Pay

  • August 13, 2007

Quick Takes: Conflicts of Interest in Study Abroad, Education Experience Not Needed, AAUP on Antioch, Decline of For-Profit Chain, Lab Safety, Bush on Immigration, Falwell Pays Off Liberty's Debt, Suit on Shift of Loan Funds, Iraqi Library Seized

  • August 13, 2007

Embrace Student Loan Reforms, Spellings Urges

  • August 10, 2007

Fiscal Prudence or Scare Tactics

  • August 10, 2007

In Over Its Head?

  • August 10, 2007

NCAA Freezes Division I Membership

  • August 10, 2007

The Community College Role in Developing Countries

  • August 10, 2007

Quick Takes: Academics' Contributions Favor Dems, Arizona Tuition Increases Upheld, Accreditation Revoked at Lewis, Obstacles to Stem Cell Research, Ominous Sign for Public Higher Ed, Yale Pulls Out of BioMed Central, State R&D Policy

  • August 10, 2007

Sara Tucker, Disappointed But Determined

  • August 9, 2007

Latest Twist in Distance Ed

  • August 9, 2007

Purge at Ave Maria Law?

  • August 9, 2007

A Different Type of Sustainability

  • August 9, 2007

Quick Takes: Presidents Condemn Boycott of Israel, Supercomputer Grant, Churchill Panel Offers Clarification, Aid Rules, President Placed on Leave, Dodd's Proposal for Community Colleges, 'Action Plan' for STEM Education, Oxford Governance Battle Is Back

  • August 9, 2007

Affirming Professors' Role or Denigrating It?

  • August 8, 2007

Star Athlete, You’re Admitted. Er, Never Mind

  • August 8, 2007

Some Old Fusion for NYU?

  • August 8, 2007

Mixing Theory and Practice on Defense Policy

  • August 8, 2007

Federal Guidance on Grant Programs

  • August 8, 2007

Quick Takes: Fisk and O'Keeffe Museum Compromise, Eastern Mich. Alters Crime Policies, Bribes for Foreign Students, Voorhees and President Move On, Fight Over Ousted Prof in New Zealand, Crown College Stripped of Accreditation

  • August 8, 2007

Should AP Add African-American History?

  • August 7, 2007

Oriented Toward Safety

  • August 7, 2007

Enrollment Surge for Women

  • August 7, 2007

'The University in Chains'

  • August 7, 2007

Quick Takes: Anonymous Tips at Ohio State, Spellings Objects to Budget Legislation, Payroll Problems at Arizona State, Regent U.'s Shrinking Endowment, Worldwide Effort for Gifted Youth, Growth of Private Financing, Debating a Name

  • August 7, 2007

New Programs: Anglican Studies, Information Assurance, Educational Leadership, Engineering Technology, Nursing, Architecture, Information Management

  • August 7, 2007

Sallie Mae Directors to Profit Handsomely

  • August 6, 2007

A Quid Pro Quo Gone Wrong?

  • August 6, 2007

Administrators Indicted in Hazing Death

  • August 6, 2007

Scrutiny of Researcher-Industry Ties

  • August 6, 2007

Possible Next For-Profit Target

  • August 6, 2007

Quick Takes: 3 Delaware State Students Shot, Coach vs. Admissions, B-School Accreditation Plan, Settlement of Battery Charge, More Women at Caltech, Dispute on Possible Sale of Art, St. Ambrose Drops Name of Bishop From Library, Building Boom in Mass.

  • August 6, 2007

Can Anyone Police File Sharing?

  • August 3, 2007

Where the Federal Research Funds Flow

  • August 3, 2007

Discouraging 'Course Fishing'

  • August 3, 2007

Concern Over Housing Costs

  • August 3, 2007

Quick Takes: Student Loan Interest Rate Cut Questioned, Appeals Court Rejects Xavier's Insurance Suit, Court Upholds Limits on Travel to Cuba, Ohio Governor's Higher Ed Agenda, Virginia Tech Families Criticize Invitation to Rapper

  • August 3, 2007

New Programs: Rehabilitation, Hebrew, Education, Technologies, Ecology, Biology

  • August 3, 2007

The Satisfaction Gap

  • August 2, 2007

Student Loan Potpourri

  • August 2, 2007

Science Bill Ready for Passage

  • August 2, 2007

Significant Victory for Students or Small Potatoes?

  • August 2, 2007

Bard Brings Finance Into the Fold

  • August 2, 2007

Quick Takes: UCLA Will Alter Taser Rules, Contract in Doubt, Ex-Trustees Seek Antioch Changes, Impact of Ariz. Anti-Immigrant Law, Student Sues Over Suspension for Web Site, Biola Sues Bankers, Compromise on Printing Tool, The Top College Mottoes

  • August 2, 2007

Cuomo Targets Fire Back

  • August 1, 2007

College for Sale

  • August 1, 2007

Turmoil at Another Progressive College

  • August 1, 2007

Next Deployment: Moscow

  • August 1, 2007

Small Group Learning for 14,000 Undergrads

  • August 1, 2007

Quick Takes: Harvard Loses $350M, Dueling Charges at Eastern Mich., Corinthian to Pay $6.5M, $100M for Nursing School, Size vs. Ethics, Cambridge Settles Suit, Graduates Who Teach, Protest on Proposed Overhead Cap, Suit Rejected on Admitting Men

  • August 1, 2007
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