Inside Higher Ed's News

Temple University announced Tuesday that John Chaney would return as its men's basketball coach next season, even though the coach was roundly condemned for ordering one of his players onto the court to aggressively foul opponents. Many commentators had urged Temple to fire Chaney, but President David Adamany said that the coach's five-game suspension would suffice.

A racist Web site that has targeted Jewish law professors at UCLA is now focusing on faculty members at many institutions.

An unusual accrediting dispute could lead to significant changes in how colleges are evaluated.

Private colleges have more space per student than public colleges, according to an inventory prepared by the Society for College and University Planning. The study is based on data from more than 200 colleges of various types.The U.S. patent and trademark office released its annual ranking of the top 10 universities in patents. For 2004, as in 2003, the University of California led the list.

After a week of lobbying failed to win over skeptical lawmakers, the University of Maine System on Friday postponed a plan to fold the University of Maine at Augusta into the University of Southern Maine. In exchange, the merger's leading opponents in the legislature said they would let the system carry out the rest of its strategic plan.

Some scholars are organizing alternative locations for sessions at a major philosophy meeting, to honor a labor union request.

House and Senate budget resolutions set differing directions, promising a showdown that could affect education programs.

A publisher announces suits over sales of special text guides -- with test answers -- that are available only to professors, but being sold online by students.

A Congressional hearing suggests an easing of visa problems but a looming crisis in U.S. competitiveness.