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August 2006

The New State U.

  • August 31, 2006

A Ring of Fire

  • August 31, 2006

Helping Communities Prepare Workers

  • August 31, 2006

Drug Prevention Promises

  • August 31, 2006

Quick Takes: Study on Deadly Fires, New NIH Database on Genetics, Fired President Teaches Accounting, Man Tries to Kill Ex-Boss at U. of Tulsa

  • August 31, 2006

Lower Scores, Fewer Students

  • August 30, 2006

The Costs of Catching Up

  • August 30, 2006

Team Building or Coercion?

  • August 30, 2006

Debunking Conventional Wisdom on Debt

  • August 30, 2006

Orange is for Open Dialogue

  • August 30, 2006

Quick Takes: Tucker Nominated, Judge Refuses to Block Michigan Referendum, Contract at Oakland U., Stem Cell Rules in Mass., Minority Enrollments Lag in Wash. State, Mumps Warnings, Legal Win for Florida State, Research on Patients, Democratic Culture

  • August 30, 2006

A Tangled Tale in Tbilisi

  • August 29, 2006

We Regret to Inform You...

  • August 29, 2006

Another Scholar Under Fire for 9/11 Views

  • August 29, 2006

Throwing Down the Book

  • August 29, 2006

Trio of Lawsuits for 2-Year College

  • August 29, 2006

Quick Takes: Student Journalists Win Protections in California, Colleges Close in Advance of Ernesto, McCain Rethinks Bob Jones U., Construction Plan in Missouri

  • August 29, 2006

Fighting Back Against Extremists

  • August 28, 2006

Contemplating Plan B

  • August 28, 2006

Georgetown Rejects Evangelical Groups

  • August 28, 2006

New Analysis of Academic Freedom

  • August 28, 2006

Quick Takes: Strike Averted at Ferris State, Canadian University Takes on Bush, Civil Rights Groups Back Suit Against Colorado, Mayor Links College Costs to Family Size, Ex-Student Charged in Setting Prof's Home on Fire, Law Schools and Clerkships

  • August 28, 2006

New Programs: Special Education, Computer Science, Hebrew Studies, Auto Repair, Electrical Engineering, Latin American Studies

  • August 28, 2006

BMW Professors

  • August 25, 2006

Re-Orientation

  • August 25, 2006

Grants Given, and Taken Away

  • August 25, 2006

Saving a Community College

  • August 25, 2006

$400,000 Tab for Environmental Violations

  • August 25, 2006

Quick Takes: Evolutionary Biology Majors Eligible for Grants, Details on Katrina Damage, $30M in Foreign Aid to Gulf Colleges, Evidence in Duke Case, Mayoral Help for St. Xavier, Mixed Grades for British Profs, Betting on Harvard's Next President

  • August 25, 2006

Where Are They Now?

  • August 24, 2006

How the Financial Aid Flows

  • August 24, 2006

Hunter Settles Suicide Suit

  • August 24, 2006

Battling Over Bonuses in Pa.

  • August 24, 2006

Quick Takes: Breakthrough on Stem Cells, Plagiarism Scandals at 2 Ohio Universities, Miami Janitors Approve Contract, Sexual Assaults at Citadel

  • August 24, 2006

New Presidents or Provosts: El Camino College Compton Center, Elizabeth City State U., Georgia Institute of Technology, Mass. Board of Higher Education, Texas A&M U.-Corpus Christi

  • August 24, 2006

Building Up College Towns

  • August 23, 2006

Unintended Sunshine

  • August 23, 2006

A Tribal College Crumbles

  • August 23, 2006

Proposed College Resurfaces, in Virginia

  • August 23, 2006

What Your Freshmen Don't Know

  • August 23, 2006

Quick Takes: Education Dept. Study Backs Program Administration Wants to Kill, Security Glitch in Loan Database, Survey Suggests SAT Scores Didn't Fall, Boston Backs Off Lab Rules, Fields Medal Rejected, Student Editor Apologizes, USC Sues Over Hospital

  • August 23, 2006

Eyes Cast on New Suicide Trial

  • August 22, 2006

Throwing in the Towel

  • August 22, 2006

Online Training for Adjuncts

  • August 22, 2006

Court Allows Title IX Retaliation Claim

  • August 22, 2006

Help for the Non-Country Club Set

  • August 22, 2006

Quick Takes: Discount Rate Up Slightly, New York City to Pay for Students to Take PSAT, Purdue Loses Patent Case, Cornell Bars Sudan Stocks, Scare at Virginia Tech

  • August 22, 2006

Regulatory Activism?

  • August 21, 2006

The Rise of the Social Sciences

  • August 21, 2006

Paying for Diversity

  • August 21, 2006

Science: Lost in Space

  • August 21, 2006

Quick Takes: Alcorn State President Dies, For-Profit Enrollments Up, Contract Probe at North Texas, Miami U. Expands Aid, U.S. Funds for Katrina-Damaged Colleges, Fraternal Lobbying for Brigham Young

  • August 21, 2006

New Programs: International Law and Business, Health Innovation, Nursing, Policy Studies, Culinology, Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Legal Studies

  • August 21, 2006

Blackboard: Bully or Misunderstood?

  • August 18, 2006

Gripes About Grants

  • August 18, 2006

When Movie Mocks Mommy

  • August 18, 2006

New Ideas for Ph.D. Education

  • August 18, 2006

Sue Before You Graduate

  • August 18, 2006

Quick Takes: Hundreds of AP Exams Are Lost, Classes Will Resume in Beirut, Defense of Groping Dons Shocks UK, Literary Press Moves to U. of Rochester, Costs of University Status, Why We'll Pass on the Rankings

  • August 18, 2006

Carrying Out the Commission's Ideas

  • August 17, 2006

A Closer Read on Textbook Costs

  • August 17, 2006

Dean Sues President at Del Mar

  • August 17, 2006

New Perch for Outspoken Education Researcher

  • August 17, 2006

State Funds and Student Success

  • August 17, 2006

Quick Takes: Help for Black Colleges in New Orleans, Court Backs ABA in Accrediting Dispute, Texas Southern Criticized on Endowment Decisions, Buffalo's Athletic Distinction

  • August 17, 2006

Jump in ACT Scores

  • August 16, 2006

Registration Rave

  • August 16, 2006

Freer Speech at Georgia Tech

  • August 16, 2006

Fido Goes to College

  • August 16, 2006

N.Y. Plans a College Database

  • August 16, 2006

Quick Takes: Improving State Budget Picture, Western Michigan Fires President, Sierra Nevada Reveals Potential Partners, Report Compares Aid Programs, Wild Boar Lawsuit

  • August 16, 2006

Are You Now or Have You Ever...

  • August 15, 2006

When a Campus Leader Dies

  • August 15, 2006

Age Bias or Anti-Adjunct Bias?

  • August 15, 2006

Walking on Eggshells

  • August 15, 2006

On the Road Again

  • August 15, 2006

Quick Takes: Pentagon Withdraws Proposed Restrictions, Fredonia Professor Wins Promotion Fight, Canadian Universities Unite Against Rankings, Bush Signs Technical Education Bill, Stanford Opens Online High School

  • August 15, 2006

State of the TA Unions

  • August 14, 2006

More Than a Penny Saved

  • August 14, 2006

Merge or Fold

  • August 14, 2006

Work Experience for College Credit

  • August 14, 2006

Sociology, Gender and Higher Ed

  • August 14, 2006

Quick Takes: SUNY-Albany President Dies, President Returns to American U. of Beirut, Stealth Visits, Missionary Hired at CC, Probes at Irvine, Suit in Plagiarism Case, Rest of Missing Egyptian Students Found, Copyright Problems Detailed

  • August 14, 2006

18 Yesses, 1 Major No

  • August 11, 2006

Church, State and Campus

  • August 11, 2006

Spend and You Shall Receive

  • August 11, 2006

What Is a Student Newspaper?

  • August 11, 2006

Anger Over Coeducation Plan

  • August 11, 2006

Quick Takes: Auburn Responds to Athletic Scandal, Nelnet Objects to Education Dept. Findings, Aid Group Angry Over Ads, Support for Student Press, Maryland Bars Sudan Stocks

  • August 11, 2006

The Middle East Muddle

  • August 10, 2006

A Washington Icon Moves On

  • August 10, 2006

'Privatization and Public Universities'

  • August 10, 2006

Overdues

  • August 10, 2006

Quick Takes: New Rules on U.S. Student Loan Programs, Career Ed Campuses Approved, Split Votes for Michigan Community Colleges, 3 of 11 Missing Visa Holders Surface

  • August 10, 2006

New Presidents or Provosts: Dominican U. (Ill.), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U., Houston Baptist University, Miami Dade College-Kendall, North Dakota U. System, U. of California at Merced, U. College of the Cayman Islands, Waycross College

  • August 10, 2006

International Rebound

  • August 9, 2006

K Street and Colleges

  • August 9, 2006

Trading in the Car

  • August 9, 2006

Whodunit? Chairman Miller, That's Who

  • August 9, 2006

A Faculty of One

  • August 9, 2006

Quick Takes: Pace's Approach to Accountability, UC Joins Google Project, Private Colleges Challenge U.S. Panel, Mo. May Check Profs' Criminal Backgrounds, Honor Roll for Community Service, Treatment for Eating Disorders, More Great Publicity for Lacrosse

  • August 9, 2006

An End to Picking One Box

  • August 8, 2006

The Earliest Early Admissions

  • August 8, 2006

Testing, Testing

  • August 8, 2006

Scrutiny for Colleges on Earmarks

  • August 8, 2006

Business School Applications Spike

  • August 8, 2006

Quick Takes: Proposal on Private Loans Criticized, the Anti-U.S. News Rankings, No More Dorm Patrols at Washington State, NIH Tuition Rules, Search for Missing Students From Egypt

  • August 8, 2006

Taking on TOEFL

  • August 7, 2006

The Making of a Majority

  • August 7, 2006

So Much for Good Intentions

  • August 7, 2006

Hispanic Students Lose a Potential Leg Up

  • August 7, 2006

From Foster Care to Higher Ed

  • August 7, 2006

Quick Takes: Gates Scholarships Expanded, Plane Crash Kills President of Pueblo CC, Visas Revoked for Iranian Reunion, Disability Settlement With Colorado College, Transfer of Credit Suit Settled, Limits on Academic Freedom Feared in UK

  • August 7, 2006

A Near-Final Report?

  • August 4, 2006

Bolstering Tenure by Reforming It

  • August 4, 2006

Drawing the Line

  • August 4, 2006

The Next Frontier for Private Colleges

  • August 4, 2006

Hooking Up, Politically

  • August 4, 2006

Quick Takes: Madison Provost Warns Controversial Instructor, Gender Gap in Patents, Review Ordered of BU Lab Plans, Rejected Trustee Hopefuls Sue Governor, New Presidency for Former Baylor Chief, Do Jocks Earn More?

  • August 4, 2006

Nationwide Meningitis Vaccine Shortage

  • August 3, 2006

Where the Jobs Are

  • August 3, 2006

Heat Wave Heralds Climate Scientists

  • August 3, 2006

Preparing for the New Perkins Program

  • August 3, 2006

Gannett Purchases Student Paper

  • August 3, 2006

Quick Takes: $2.25 Million Judgment for Fired Coach, Flags vs. History, Loyola New Orleans Sues Insurer, NCAA Rule Breaking at Northern Illinois, MTV Buys College Paper Network, 'Gay Point Averages'

  • August 3, 2006

Professors: Managers or Employees?

  • August 2, 2006

Making Student Work Matter

  • August 2, 2006

Dealing with Disaster

  • August 2, 2006

Putting That Science Degree to Work

  • August 2, 2006

Money Back for Texas Professors

  • August 2, 2006

Quick Takes: Win for Evolution, Ex-President of Tex. Southern Indicted, Cal State Must Pay for Expansion Impact, AAU Weighs In on Commission, $105M for Stanford, Shifts in CUNY Funding, Nelnet-Peterson's, Cal. May Join Google Project, 'Miss Tuskegee'

  • August 2, 2006

Separation of Church and Science

  • August 1, 2006

'Engagement' and the Underprepared

  • August 1, 2006

Mobilizing the Campus Right

  • August 1, 2006

Education Dept. Accused of Misreading Law

  • August 1, 2006

Quick Takes: Okla. State Student Dies in House Fire, U. of Chicago Gets Argonne Contract Renewal, Diploma Mill at Center of British Libel Verdict

  • August 1, 2006

New Presidents or Provosts: Florida Memorial U., Shorter College, Tidewater Community College, Wright State U.

  • August 1, 2006
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