News

New Presidents or Provosts: Bethel U., Brooklyn College, Indiana State U., Morgan CC, Prairie State College, Rowan-Cabarrus CC, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-Dallas, Youngstown State U.

Quick Takes: Reducing Community College Remediation, Minimal Progress on Science, Princeton's Study Abroad Pilot, Rangel's Fund Raising, Test-Posting Web Site Changes Rules, $4.2M Settlement in Hazing Death, JFK U. to Merge With National, Fear of Texas

Faculty Issues Books & Publishing

Fight Over a Beloved (and Lucrative) Book

U. of Nebraska Press sold almost one million copies of Black Elk Speaks. The director moved to SUNY and now the book is moving too. Fair game or unfair edge?

Forecasting Slower Growth in Fund Raising

Association introduces new tool to project trends in giving to colleges and schools.

New Programs: Refugee Studies, Game Design, Business and Sustainability, Applied Theater, Education, Occupational Therapy, Sociology

A Bridge Between Blackboard and Open Source?

Course management software company announces partnership with Syracuse U. to develop seamless connection to free alternative Sakai.

Quick Takes: Title IX Fears in Science, Top Ph.D. Feeder Universities Are Chinese, Southwestern CC Settles With Adjunct, California Strike, Possible Punishment at VCU, Unaccredited Colleges, Capella President Quits, South Africa's Unmet Needs

Faculty Issues Learning & Assessment

Sizing Up the Spellings Commission

As education secretary's summit awaits, report from business officers' group assesses the impact of her panel on higher education.

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