Flagship publics

Many public colleges and universities were overrun this year by larger-than-ever enrollments driven up by economics and demographics, and early signs suggest that this summer will approach or pass record highs.

Across the country, at flagship universities, state colleges and community colleges, administrators are reporting that their summer session enrollments are up, as the same pressures that put students in the classroom September through May keep them in their seats all summer.

Report highlights how successful community college transfer students can be at top-tier four-year institutions -- if they get the right kind of assistance.

U. of Florida considers giving incoming students option of taking classes during spring and summer terms only — throughout their time at the university.

Regents of Georgia university system individually asked 35 campus leaders how they planned to improve retention and graduation rates. The meetings were occasionally uncomfortable; the answers sometimes unsatisfactory.

DALLAS -- Leaders of land-grant universities see a slight brightening in their institutions' immediate economic situations -- but increasingly recognize that they must make structural changes to accommodate fundamental, long-term shifts in their funding models.

Defying trends, Mellon Foundation puts up $10 million to get the state of Wisconsin to do the same for its flagship university.

As state support dwindles for public colleges, more leaders are ready to sacrifice appropriations for greater autonomy.

Michigan provost wants to extend pre-tenure period to 10 years -- and faculty senate resoundingly rejects the idea.

With states supporting a smaller share of public universities' budgets, should the federal government step in?

AAU selects Rawlings, former president of Cornell and Iowa, to lead association at time that institutions -- especially public ones, he says -- are "challenged."