News Archive
April 2009
Dead Programs Walking
- April 30, 2009
Adopting Performance-Based Funding
- April 30, 2009
Swine Flu Hits Several Campuses
- April 30, 2009
'Resilience'
- April 30, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 30, 2009
- U.S. Indicts 4 in College Spam Scheme
- Audit Critiques U.S. Oversight of Lenders
- Employees' Top Choice for President Prevails at Ohio College
- Va. Governor Challenges Report on Colleges as Terror Breeding Grounds
- Britain Reconsiders Whether Applicants Must Report Criminal Convictions
- Sports Spending Continues to Soar, NCAA Study Finds
- The Best and Worst of College Rejection Letters
Stateless Community College
- April 29, 2009
To Friend or to Reject
- April 29, 2009
Of Many Minds on College Costs
- April 29, 2009
Photographic History of Human Dissection
- April 29, 2009
Yellow Light on Student Loan Reform
- April 29, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 29, 2009
- Tuition Benefit for California Veterans Zeroed Out
- Study Abroad Programs Canceled for Swine Flu
- Fla. Community College Fires Embattled President
- Call to Tighten Conflict of Interest Rules for Medical Research
- Hunter Also Received Gift From Mysterious Donor
- Stimulus Funds Flow to Minn., Ore., and 3 Other States
Assessment Is Widespread
- April 28, 2009
The Battle to Control Catholic Commencements
- April 28, 2009
Larry Kramer Questions Gay Studies
- April 28, 2009
Soothing Speech on Science
- April 28, 2009
Bypassing Controversy
- April 28, 2009
'Standing Still' as Associate Profs
- April 27, 2009
Obama Slams Lenders and Colleges
- April 27, 2009
A Contested Search
- April 27, 2009
Drop in Sociology Jobs
- April 27, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 27, 2009
- Georgia Professor Sought in Triple Murder
- Police Clashes at Parties -- Including One at Kent State
- Clark U. Will Allow Finkelstein to Talk on Campus
- Negotiators Report Progress on Antioch College
- Southern Illinois Will Tighten Conflict of Interest Rules
- Deal Ends Strike by Professors at U. Quebec at Montreal
Give Me Liquidity!
- April 24, 2009
Success Obscured by Controversy
- April 24, 2009
Left Out of NCAA Leadership
- April 24, 2009
Bowdoin Punishes Professor Who Provoked
- April 24, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 24, 2009
- Another Catholic Commencement Controversy
- Jared Diamond Sued for Libel
- Cedarville Student Journalists Protest PR Oversight
- Daniel Webster College Purchased by For-Profit
- Battle Continues Over Brandeis Art Museum
- AAUP Urges Access for Controversial Speakers
- Another Anonymous Gift for University With Female President
- Controversial Chancellor Quits at Stevens Point
- $2 Million to Promote Veterans' Success
- The European Master's Degree
- Bird Sculptures Anger UConn Students
(Further) Rethinking Student Aid
- April 23, 2009
Crossing a Line
- April 23, 2009
A Culture of Assessment
- April 23, 2009
Green Revolution
- April 23, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 23, 2009
- Prof Fired for Plagiarism Sues Teachers College for $200M
- Jacksonville State President Accused of Plagiarism
- Scrutiny of Trinity of Connecticut on Use of Gift
- UCLA Rally in Defense of Animal Research
- Graduate Schools Urged to Diversify Enrollments
- Sioux Tribe OKs North Dakota Nickname
- Tensions Escalate at French Universities
More Meaningful Accreditation
- April 22, 2009
Digital Archives That Disappear
- April 22, 2009
Twin Ambition
- April 22, 2009
Cautious Backing for Obama Plan
- April 22, 2009
Dare to DREAM... in 2009?
- April 22, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 22, 2009
- Louisville Says Doctorate Earned in Semester Is Legit
- Taking Stock of Education Dept. Appointment
- San Jose Debates Internet Filters
- Marquette Profs Question Treatment of Adjuncts
- Merger May Save Pacific Oaks College
- Study Finds Sharp Increase in Private Student Loans
- Trustee Survey on Economic Woes Facing Public Higher Ed
- Mystery Donor Gives $6M to SUNY-Binghamton
- NCAA Shortens Draft Window for Basketball
- Harvard Teaches Students About Rejection
Western Expansion
- April 21, 2009
SAT Skepticism in New Form
- April 21, 2009
Aid Expert Appointed (Finally)
- April 21, 2009
Mental Health on Campus
- April 21, 2009
'Higher Learning, Greater Good'
- April 21, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 21, 2009
- AAUP Backs Notre Dame in Commencement Controversy
- Creationists Sue Texas Over Rejected Degree Program
- Purdue Offers Bachelor's Degree in 2 Years
- Oklahoma State, Following Donor's Objection, Stops Euthanizing Animals
- 2 Charged in Threats Against UCLA Scientists
- More 'No Confidence' Votes in Board That Killed Tenure
- U. of Tennessee Reported Donations It Never Received
- Lewis U. Students Charged in Noose Incident
- Pulitzer Winners in Academe
- Recycled Regalia
Testing for 'Mismatch'
- April 20, 2009
New Idea on Grad Students, Unions
- April 20, 2009
David Horowitz Wins a Round
- April 20, 2009
Staffing Up, Productivity Down
- April 20, 2009
Taking on Testing Misuse
- April 20, 2009
Fla. Community College President Indicted
- April 20, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 20, 2009
- Greensboro College Cuts Salaries 20%
- $537M Stimulus for California Higher Ed
- Division at Stevens Point
- Colby Offers New Testing Option for Applicants
- Oregon Bill Would Force Athletic Programs to Interview Minority Candidates
- William and Mary Will Study Its Black History
- Competing Party School Rankings
Gun Fight
- April 17, 2009
Survival of the Wealthiest
- April 17, 2009
A River Runs Alongside It
- April 17, 2009
Why Reverse Transfer?
- April 17, 2009
Student Sports Fans and Bigoted Attitudes
- April 17, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 17, 2009
College Counselors for All
- April 16, 2009
The SAT 'at War With Itself'
- April 16, 2009
'Leave-Proofing' the Faculty
- April 16, 2009
When in Santiago ...
- April 16, 2009
The Part-Time Satisfaction Gap
- April 16, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 16, 2009
Broken Covenant
- April 15, 2009
Matches and Mismatches in Producing Ph.D.'s
- April 15, 2009
New Knock Against Earmarking
- April 15, 2009
Safe Haven
- April 15, 2009
'For the Common Good'
- April 15, 2009
Shopping for 'Cut Scores'
- April 14, 2009
Cooperation Breakdown
- April 14, 2009
Can't We All Just Get Along?
- April 14, 2009
Patterns in Academic Persecution
- April 14, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 14, 2009
- Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1950-2009
- That Time of Year? Another Student Newspaper Theft
- Texas Christian Drops Gay Housing Plan
- Lipscomb U. Announces 3-Year Degree Option
- Oregon Sues Fund Manager Over College Savings Losses
- Grants Promote Development of African Higher Education
- A Show on MTV That's Not Realistic?
Murky Picture for Faculty Salaries
- April 13, 2009
Stimulus Spurs Campus Building
- April 13, 2009
Where There's a Will...
- April 13, 2009
Orientation for Whites
- April 13, 2009
$4 Million Verdict Against Penn Upheld
- April 13, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 13, 2009
- Arbitrator Rules Against Prof Who Didn't Want Extra Course
- Students' Credit Card Debt Is Up
- Arrests Follow Building Takeover at New School
- San Jose State Prods 'Super Seniors' to Graduate
- Penn State Apologizes for Veteran Video
- Professor Stands Up to Animal Rights Extremists
- Arizona State Will Honor Obama, But Not With Degree
- Crossing a Line to Protect a College's Image
- LSU Ousts Controversial Hurricane Researcher
- Time on Facebook Costs Students High Grades, Study Finds
Ward Churchill Redux?
- April 10, 2009
A Special Relationship
- April 10, 2009
Accreditor Eyes Course Outsourcing
- April 10, 2009
A Presidential Critic, Fired
- April 10, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 10, 2009
- Bills Favoring Guns on Campus Advance in 2 States
- U.S. Cancels Auction for Parent Loans
- Clark U. Calls Off Finkelstein Lecture
- Maryland Will Keep Graduation Prayer
- U. of Colorado Will Fight Churchill Reinstatement
- Report Finds Few Options for 'Distressed' Private Loan Borrowers
- Hawkeye CC Ends Jobs of All Part-Time Faculty
You're Nobody 'til You're Snubbed
- April 9, 2009
Can We Be Buds?
- April 9, 2009
Scrutiny and Standards for Branch Campuses
- April 9, 2009
GI Bill Lets Veterans Take Flight
- April 9, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 9, 2009
- AAUP Council Backs Churchill's Reinstatement
- N.J. Higher Ed Aide Nominated for U.S. Labor Post
- Brown U. Profs Vote to Replace Columbus Day With 'Fall Weekend'
- SMU Admits Drug Death Wasn't 'Isolated Incident'
- Massad May Have Won Tenure Battle
- Johns Hopkins Bars Gifts to Medical Professors From Drug Companies
- Scranton Bishop Presses Colleges for Proof
- Private Equity-Backed Firm Buys Florida For-Profit College
- Nasty Editorial, Nastier Response
'Tuning' College Degrees
- April 8, 2009
The Board Role in College Sports
- April 8, 2009
Diversifying Middle America
- April 8, 2009
Weak Community College Budgets
- April 8, 2009
A Wiki for the Climate
- April 8, 2009
Count Me Out
- April 7, 2009
International Applications Up 4%
- April 7, 2009
Death of a University Builder
- April 7, 2009
'Morphing' Community Colleges
- April 7, 2009
Embedding English in Job Training
- April 7, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 7, 2009
- Donor Speeds Up $170M Gift to Cornell's Med School
- Required Tutoring Helped At-Risk Students More Than Voluntary Courses, Study Finds
- Enrollment Booms at Georgia's Public Colleges
- Fight Over University's 'Willed Body' Program Dies in Calif. Court
- Colleges Respond to Scranton Bishop's Query on Sex
- Sallie Mae to Bring Workers Back to U.S.
- XXX Show Goes On, Sort Of
- We Were Right(!) in NCAA Pool
Who Are Community College Trustees?
- April 6, 2009
10% Admissions -- the Full Impact
- April 6, 2009
A Retreat From ‘Need Blind’
- April 6, 2009
Rise in Distance Enrollments
- April 6, 2009
A Global Liberal Arts Alliance
- April 6, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 6, 2009
- Call for 'Fairness and Equity' to ESL Instructors and Students
- Vote of 'No Confidence' in Board That Abolished Tenure
- New School Eliminating Adjunct Jobs at Parsons
- Dispute Over Health Services at Catholic Colleges
- U.S. Grants $150M for State Data Systems
- Medical Faculty Told to Limit Wine Spending to $75 a Bottle
- A College Dynasty (Not in Basketball)
A ($1) Win for Ward Churchill
- April 3, 2009
An Opening for Community Colleges
- April 3, 2009
Budget Cuts, Courtesy of Donor X
- April 3, 2009
Porn as Campus Attraction
- April 3, 2009
For Undergrads, a Shot of Public Health
- April 3, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 3, 2009
- 'Judgment' Urged to Help Students in Financial Distress
- New Source of Big Money in College Sports
- Southern U. President Sues His Board
- U.S. Punishes Former Harvard Researcher for Scientific Fraud
- Puget Sound Honors Students Sent to Internment Camps in 1942
- Protest Leads to Policy Shift on Calder Sculpture at UVa
- U. of British Columbia Loses Right to Issue Parking Tickets
Following the Money in New Mexico
- April 2, 2009
2-Year College Leader Is U.S. Education Nominee
- April 2, 2009
Too Cozy
- April 2, 2009
'Educating Global Citizens'
- April 2, 2009
Quick Takes
- April 2, 2009
New Strategy at Wisconsin
- April 1, 2009
Competition for Retiree Health Benefits
- April 1, 2009
A 'Third Way' on Student Loans?
- April 1, 2009
New Chief for State College Group
- April 1, 2009
Why Not Go Greek?
- April 1, 2009
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