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Fairleigh Dickinson U. finds that Western Civilization was being taught by a leader of the National Socialist Movement. 

The report on controversial Middle Eastern studies professors got some predictable, loud reactions and some less predictable, quiet reactions.

A new nonprofit group works with colleges to make 'indestructible' students' take fire safety seriously.

Study of salaries at four-year colleges finds raises in 2004-5 much better than last year's average of 2.1%.

A committee investigating charges that scholars in the university's Middle Eastern studies program intimidated Jewish and Israeli students has found "no evidence of any statements made by the faculty that could reasonably be construed as anti-Semitic."But the panel concluded that one professor "exceeded commonly accepted bounds" of classroom behavior by conveying that a student's question merited harsh public criticism, and found a more general lack of civility in the interactions of professors and students.

College participation rates for young adults are increasing for most demographic groups, but so are the gaps between some groups.

A new study says that the vast majority of faculty members are liberal, but does that prove they're biased?

Revenues for the Apollo Group, which controls the University of Phoenix, for the three months ending February 28 were more than 25 percent higher than the comparable period a year ago, Apollo said in its quarterly earnings report. Enrollments as of February 28 at Phoenix and Apollo's other institutions were also about 25 percent higher than they were a year ago, 283,800 students compared to 227,800 students on February 29, 2004.

Israeli officials have announced plans to create a new university in the Galilee, according to Ha'aretz. The new university will bring together several colleges in the region, and is being financed in part with a $100 million gift from Arnon Milchan, the Israeli-born Hollywood producer.Chinese officials are cracking down on a popular university Web site, the Associated Press reports. The government is limiting who can have