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New Furor Over Race and Cartoons
Kentucky student journalists apologize for slave auction imagery that was designed to comment on efforts to end segregation of Greek system.
The Liberal (and Moderating) Professoriate
Professors lean left, but major new study of faculty views finds more centrism and less radicalism than critics of academe see -- with growing moderation among young academics.
R Txt Msgs the Best Way 2 Alert U?
Students aren't signing up for text systems -- quickly installed by many campuses after the Virginia Tech killings -- as widely as some expected.
Board Rights vs. Alumni Rights
Movements at Dartmouth, Mississippi University for Women and elsewhere raise questions about governance, legal standing and role of alumni.
New Legal Challenge for Accreditation
A "tentative" federal court order suggests that states can't favor one regional accreditor over another -- and could complicate the California for-profit college debate.
The Federal Role in Biolab Oversight
GAO official and House subcommittee chairman cite dangers of adding more biodefense labs without increasing the capability to monitor them.
House Republicans and the Higher Ed Act
GOP education leaders, seeking to influence Democrats, call for tough college cost provisions, abandoning new "auction" for student loans, and pressuring colleges on illegal downloading.