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The Postsecondary Picture for Minority Students (and Men)

U.S. study offers comprehensive portrait of status of black, Hispanic and other Americans in higher education -- but its most revealing data may be on the college gender gap.

New Programs: Pharmacy, Food, Social Work and Law, Nursing

Quick Takes: Bridgepoint Buys Another College, $100 Million for Baylor College of Medicine, Iowa University Chiefs Call for Arming Police, Hawaii Coach Alleges Gender Bias, Explosive Decision at Nebraska, Probe in NJ, Sexual Health Rankings

New Presidents or Provosts: Allan Hancock College, Marietta College, Northwestern U., Plymouth State U., State U. of New York at Stony Brook, Tyler Junior College, Vanguard U. of Southern California

Fighting for Your Right to Party

Rowdy campus bashes present administrators with a balancing act: regulating events while not encouraging students to go "underground."

A Prominent Public Targets Faculty Retention

UC Berkeley receives a $113 million gift to help keep some of its top professors from raids by private universities -- and stem a problem facing many of its peers.

Quick Takes: Museum Drops Suit Against Fisk, Harvard Loses Investment Chief, Social Work Education Criticized, Advice on Affirmative Action, Bloody Bar Fight

College Capacity Grows

Federal report shows number of postsecondary institutions and number of degrees they award continuing to expand.

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