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University leaders from around the world convene for summit on higher education and development. Attendees are each (supposed) to return home with two new partnerships.

Seeing potential niche, Tiffin U., a private institution in Ohio, starts two-year distance education college, hoping to build transfer market.

New analysis -- attempting to shift college cost debate -- finds shrinking share of funds going to instruction and growing public-private gap.

Massachusetts legislator proposes tax on college funds over $1 billion; plan tabled in favor of study, but lawmakers argue that universities should share wealth in tough times.

Campus-specific Web sites where students can anonymously post "confessions" have led to at least one shutdown and a host of complaints about vitriol.

Washington State's major is on chopping block. That's particularly dramatic in Pacific Northwest, but programs nationwide face enrollment issues.

Does this litigation protect faculty members from unfair accusations -- or potentially threaten academic freedom?