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Movement to eliminate student borrowing grows -- and Davidson College, which did so in the spring, reports gains as a result.

Scholars who don't like direction of the field form new group, vowing not to be politicized. Others say the founders are exactly those who have politicized the discipline.

Congressional compromise would lift maximum grant by $125 more than $490 rise approved in budget act; NIH would receive $30 billion. Bush veto likely.

Member of CUNY faculty union's board sues emeritus professor for $2 million over Web site that tracks -- and criticizes -- the union. Both sides say academic freedom is at stake.

As part of their sustainability initiatives, colleges are buying locally grown fare and marking it on the menu.

Since Virginia Tech, a grassroots wave of "lie-ins" has sought to highlight the ease with which criminals can buy guns. But where are the students?

National survey of 4-year-college professors finds that they are happier with their jobs than other Americans are with theirs -- but some areas of dissatisfaction jump out.