INSIDE HIGHER ED -- Daily Update -- May 22, 2007
I N S I D E H I G H E R E D Daily Update

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May 22, 2007


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T O D A Y ' S N E W S

A SCHOLAR DETAINED
Prominent researcher's imprisonment in Iran sparks vocal
protests by Middle Eastern studies scholars -- but no boycott,
yet.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/22/iran

PROGRAMMING WITH PICTURES
User-friendly, 3-D animation software catches on in intro
computer science courses as concerns about plummeting
enrollments continue.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/22/compsci

GENDER AND LEADERSHIP
Study finds that male and female community college
administrators are more alike today than they were 20 years
ago.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/22/gender
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BIG LEGAL VICTORY FOR TEACHING HOSPITALS
Federal appeals panel vacates lower court's ruling that medical
residents (and their institutions) must pay Social Security
taxes.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/22/residents

2 MORE AID DIRECTORS FALL
Officials at Columbia and Johns Hopkins lose their jobs in
fallout from student loan scandal.
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/22/loans

QUICK TAKES: A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH TAKES AIM AT SPELLINGS,
UC AND DERRIDA FAMILY SETTLE, NEW ALUMNI GROUP FOR
MISSISSIPPI U. FOR WOMEN, $10B FOR MIDDLE EAST EDUCATION,
NO CHARGES AGAINST CC ATHLETES, PRISONS VS. COLLEGES
http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/22/qt


I N V I E W S

DYING TO TEACH
Jeffrey Berman always encourages "risky writing" by students --
and explains what happened when he shared with them the most
personal of works he could have written.
http://insidehighered.com/views/2007/05/22/berman
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