News Archive
August 2009
Window on College's Troubled Soul
- August 31, 2009
Going For Distance
- August 31, 2009
Israel and Academic Freedom
- August 31, 2009
Leveling the NSF Playing Field
- August 31, 2009
Newly Tenured ... at Texas Woman's, Wagner, Western Michigan
- August 31, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 31, 2009
- Labor Secretary Clarifies Remarks on Adjuncts
- Layoffs Mark End of Controversial U. of Illinois Online Effort
- Calvin's Ban on Gay Advocacy Angers Professors
- Chicago State Gets $40M to Add Campus It Didn't Request
- Amid Dispute, Higher Ed Chief Quits in Colorado
- Berkeley Police Officers Played Key Role in Ending Kidnap Saga
- Faculty Votes 'No Confidence' at Montgomery College
- Community College Will Let Donors Restore Courses
A College's Surprising Reprieve
- August 28, 2009
Textbooks for the Disabled
- August 28, 2009
Academic Counseling Matters
- August 28, 2009
Anticipating Impact of New GI Bill
- August 28, 2009
Big Shoes to Fill
- August 27, 2009
A System Also Rises
- August 27, 2009
'College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era'
- August 27, 2009
'The Calculus of Friendship'
- August 27, 2009
New Programs: Fire Technology, Education, Criminal Justice
- August 27, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 27, 2009
- Ill. Governor Lets 2 Trustees Stay, Despite Vow to Fire Them
- VA Ends Gulf War Research Pact With U. of Texas Medical Center
- Paul Quinn College Sues Southern Accreditor
- Brigham Young University-Hawaii Punished by NCAA
- Report Urges California to Follow Other States in Easing Student Transfer
- No Budweiser Ads for Badger Football Fans
- Student 'Exam Howlers'
Enrollments -- and Pell Costs -- Soar
- August 26, 2009
SAT Scores Drop, Gaps Grow
- August 26, 2009
Match at First Site
- August 26, 2009
Diversity in Science
- August 26, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 26, 2009
- Sen. Kennedy -- Advocate for Colleges and Students -- Dies
- State Panel Recommends Single Board to Oversee Louisiana Colleges
- New Site Aims to Help Students Recoup Textbook Costs
- Movers and Shakers: Job Changes at AAUP, Benedict College, Bucknell U., Macalester College, Sussex County CC, U. of Memphis
Competition vs. Learning
- August 25, 2009
Onward Christian Snowboarders
- August 25, 2009
Flu and Football Season
- August 25, 2009
Punishing a Whistle Blower?
- August 25, 2009
'The World Is Open'
- August 25, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 25, 2009
Colleges Review 'Community'
- August 24, 2009
Before the Fall
- August 24, 2009
Lawmaker, University Get Caught
- August 24, 2009
Carrying Out the Higher Ed Act
- August 24, 2009
New Programs: Energy, Information Technology, Nanosciences
- August 24, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 24, 2009
- H1N1 Outbreaks
- Wellesley, Olin and Babson's Unusual Collaboration
- Israeli Academic Criticized for 'Los Angeles Times' Op-Ed
- Insurance Benefit Costs Northern Iowa and Its Donors
- Indiana Legislator, Feeling Ignored, Tries New Tactic
- Harvard's New Endowment Strategies
- Gay Football Players Exist
- Bribes for Doctorates Investigated in Germany
Anatomy of a Flawed Hire
- August 21, 2009
H1N1 Scenarios
- August 21, 2009
NCAA Tames Tigers
- August 21, 2009
Students Model Zombie Attack
- August 21, 2009
Rankings Frenzy '09
- August 20, 2009
International Admissions Fall
- August 20, 2009
Where Phones in Class Are OK
- August 20, 2009
'Harlem vs. Columbia University'
- August 20, 2009
New Programs: Nursing, Welding, Historic Preservation
- August 20, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 20, 2009
Reputation Without Rigor
- August 19, 2009
Reorienting Themselves
- August 19, 2009
Mixed Results for ACT
- August 19, 2009
Teaching the Quarantined
- August 19, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 19, 2009
- Pushing Back on Requests for Salary Cuts
- More Questions on Ghostwriting in Science Journals
- 4 More Trustees Offer to Quit Illinois Board
- Pitt Rejects Bequest From Killer
- More Difficulties for Tariq Ramadan
- Agnes Scott and American U. Shift Testing Requirements
- Oxford Found to Have Favored Male Applicants
Are Vets' Checks Backlogged?
- August 18, 2009
Court Win for Affirmative Action
- August 18, 2009
Getting Rid of an Adjunct
- August 18, 2009
Explaining U.S. Research Slide
- August 18, 2009
Ready to Feel Old?
- August 18, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 18, 2009
Cash for Courses
- August 17, 2009
Looking to the Source
- August 17, 2009
Student Aid, California to Cheyenne
- August 17, 2009
More Questions on Rankings
- August 17, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 17, 2009
Hiring Women as Full Professors
- August 14, 2009
Cruel Irony
- August 14, 2009
Accreditation Discrimination
- August 14, 2009
Piling Up Penalties
- August 14, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 14, 2009
- Universities Lead the Way in Earmark/Lobbying Rankings
- AAUP Blasts Move by Yale University Press
- Princeton Review's Gay Rankings Questioned
- Bloomberg's Community College Plan for New York City
- Anti-Smoking Rules With Fines
- Higher Ed Publisher to Help Students Rent Its Textbooks
- Football Player's Blog Scares Off Athletics Department
Waiting for the Call
- August 13, 2009
Adding Currency to JSTOR
- August 13, 2009
Water, Water Everywhere
- August 13, 2009
Sleepwalking Students
- August 13, 2009
Skills Training à la Carte
- August 12, 2009
Life in a Google Book Search World
- August 12, 2009
States' Cautions on Simplification
- August 12, 2009
The Influence of Higher Ed
- August 12, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 12, 2009
- Chancellor Apologizes for Illinois Admissions Scandal but Won't Resign; AAUP Weighs In
- Anti-Crime Group and Education Dept. Differ on Ruling
- Kutner New Head of Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
- Boston Paper's Shortcircuited Tour of Homes of the College Presidents
- Movers and Shakers: Job Changes at Holy Cross, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Nova Southeastern, Rice, Rutgers, SUNY-Plattsburgh
Using Adjuncts, Off the Payroll
- August 11, 2009
The Missing Master's Students
- August 11, 2009
Rebuke for Religion-Driven Policy
- August 11, 2009
Textbook Bonanza
- August 11, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 11, 2009
- Documenting Arizona's Undocumented Immigrants
- Boise State Alters Policies to Allow Funds for Religious Groups
- 'Options' for U.S. Changes: Ending Subsidized Loans for Grad Students, Taxing College Sports
- La. Higher Ed Reform Panel Is Challenged by Sponsor
- Ratings Agency Examines Colleges' Self-Financing of Debt
Buyer's Remorse
- August 10, 2009
Gender, Majors and Money
- August 10, 2009
The Parent Gap
- August 10, 2009
Campus Security, Examined
- August 10, 2009
Newly Tenured ... at Augustana, Coker, Hartford
- August 10, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 10, 2009
- Scrutiny of Salaries for Ex-Administrators in North Carolina
- Senate Confirms Leaders for NEH and NIH
- Idaho State Moves to Fire Dissenting Faculty Member
- Hotel Is Home for 500 Rutgers Students This Year
- Texas Tech Will Woo Children of Alumni Donors
- Textbooks on the iPhone
- Does Florida State Need a Rapper for President?
Jobs Filled and Unfilled
- August 7, 2009
Easing Borrower Angst
- August 7, 2009
Damning Report on Illinois Scandal
- August 7, 2009
Turnover at the Top
- August 7, 2009
Allegations of Misspent Financial Aid
- August 7, 2009
Passage to India
- August 6, 2009
Emergency Fund Proves Worth
- August 6, 2009
'Academic Lives'
- August 6, 2009
Stimulus or Hindrance?
- August 6, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 6, 2009
Taking Notes Beyond the Classroom
- August 5, 2009
The Engineering Dropout Myth
- August 5, 2009
Ready, or Not?
- August 5, 2009
Online Learning, at a Pace
- August 5, 2009
Newly Tenured ... at Hood, LSU-Alexandria, Rockefeller U.
- August 5, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 5, 2009
- GI Bill Benefit Cap Increased for California Veterans
- Ghostwriters Used in Biomedical Journals
- Apollo Empire Grows With British Acquisition
- College Librarians v. J.D. Salinger
- Community Colleges Compete for Program a University Ends
- Senate: $2.87 Billion for Ag Research (Plus $60M in University Earmarks)
- Floods Hit U. of Louisville
Righting the Ship
- August 4, 2009
Shift in Middle East Studies?
- August 4, 2009
The Challenge of Comparability
- August 4, 2009
New GI Bill Becomes Law
- August 4, 2009
'The Unheard Voices'
- August 4, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 4, 2009
- Illinois Board Chairman Resigns Over Admissions Controversy
- Audit Finds Sallie Mae Subsidiary Overcharged U.S. by $22.3M
- Judge Orders Louisville to Reinstate Nursing Student/Blogger
- New Round of Hefty Pay Raises for Football Coaches
- Corinthian Announces Settlement of Shareholder Lawsuit on Derivatives
- Reporting on FERPA Wins Journalism Award
For-Profit, For God
- August 3, 2009
Getting Out of Grading
- August 3, 2009
Evidence of California's Regulatory Vacuum
- August 3, 2009
Brand New, Again
- August 3, 2009
Quick Takes
- August 3, 2009
- Illinois Panel Wants Trustees Out, Not Administrators
- Hawaii Suspends Football Coach for 'Faggot' Comments
- Cheating Scandal Uncovered at Texas-Brownsville
- Arizona State U. Details Plans for 3-Year Institutions
- Boston U. Student Ordered to Pay $675K for Downloading
- Hefty Settlement for L.A. Community College Chancellor
- NJIT and Alumni Group Face Off in Court
- Conflict of Interest Charged and Denied at Old Dominion
- European Universities Consider Statement on Academic Freedom
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