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A Press Revolt Against E-Packet Practices

Suit against Georgia State University may be start of tangling over how business models for textbook publishing online will evolve.

Many Community Colleges Opt Out of Loan Program

More than a million students are enrolled in two-year institutions that choose not to participate in the federal loan program, report finds, leaving them to incur riskier forms of debt.

Admissions by Software

New technology, designed to help colleges attract diverse classes without legal challenges to affirmative action, will get first use in decision making.

Quick Takes: Publishers Sue Georgia State Over Digital Coursepacks, Guilty Plea in Export Case, McCain on Student Loans, Ghostwriting Seen in Journal Articles, Kentucky Governor Objects to Appointment

Professors Gone Paperless

Three faculty members involved in developing free online textbooks explain why they're sold on the open source model.

New Presidents or Provosts: Antioch U. Los Angeles, Indiana U-Purdue U. Fort Wayne, Le Moyne College, Northeastern State U., St. Francis College (N.Y.), Santa Barbara City College District, U. of Wisconsin-River Falls, Washington U. in St. Louis

One Year Later

Today marks a Day of Remembrance at Virginia Tech, where 32 students and faculty members died April 16, 2007.