Unlikely Haven for Humanities Publishing  Jan. 8

U. of Houston-Victoria, home to a host of scholarly publications and activities, is an emerging intellectual destination (albeit one whose coordinates not everyone knows yet). more

Outmoded Engineers?  Jan. 8

A department at Cornell, founded in the ’60s, is latest of its kind to be merged or eliminated. Critics say more theoretical programs are valuable, but vulnerable because they generate fewer large grants. more

A Call for Assessment — of the Right Kind  Jan. 8

Reinforcing 2004 statement, liberal education group exhorts colleges to ramp up measurement of student learning — but with emphasis on internal improvement rather than external accountability. more

‘Online Social Networking on Campus’  Jan. 8

Co-author of new book offers advice on how colleges should help the Facebook generation of students. more

Quick Takes: U.S. Audit Slams Fifth Third Over Student Loans, Northeastern Ill. Withdraws Proposal on Protests, Effort to Save AP Italian Fails, Baltimore Hebrew May Merge Into Towson U., For-Profit Purchases  Jan. 8

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New Presidents or Provosts: Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, Drake U., MiraCosta College, Pikeville College, Salem State College  Jan. 8

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News from the past two weeks

Below, find News stories published over the past two weeks. For older items, please search the archives.

• Giving Choice and Taking It Away  Jan. 7
• The State of the Humanities  Jan. 7
• (Hidden) Cost of Doing Business  Jan. 7
• From Princeton to DeVry  Jan. 7
• Writing Lags in Law Schools  Jan. 7
• Quick Takes: Ontario Union Wants Boycott of Israeli Academics, Obama’s College Costs Discussion, More Scrutiny of Congressional Earmarks, U. of California Refunds, Gotham Book Mart’s Legacy at Penn  Jan. 7
• ‘Accreditation Lite’ for International Recruiting Agents  Jan. 6
• Seeking Purpose in Graduate Course Work  Jan. 6
• Ignorance About ‘Stop the Clock’ Policies  Jan. 6
• Colleges Plan for Obama Inaugural  Jan. 6
• Quick Takes: Fla. Legislator Quits College Job, Harvard Law Dean Picked as Solicitor General, Word Warriors  Jan. 6
• New Programs: Medical Assistance, Business Studies, International Business, Space and Telecommunications Law  Jan. 6
• The Depressed History Job Market  Jan. 5
• History Beyond the Nation-State  Jan. 5
• Proving the Benefits of Peer Instruction  Jan. 5
• Do Econ Grad Students Need a Teaching Bailout?  Jan. 5
• Historians Reject Proposed Boycott  Jan. 5
• Quick Takes: California Supreme Court Takes Immigrant Tuition Case, Group Punishment for Athletes, Campus in Iraq, Utah State Hazing Charges, Police Kill Student, U. of California Considers Admitting More From Out of State, Layoffs at Bowling Green  Jan. 5
• Fighting the Last War (and the Next One?)  Jan. 2
• ‘Tricks of the Trade’  Jan. 2
• The Second Shift in Academic Medicine  Jan. 2
• Quick Takes: Claiborne Pell Dies, Advice for Obama, Distance Ed Enrollments, Yeshiva Adjusts Losses, Harvard Prof Limits Ties to Drug Companies, Deferred Bonus Raises Eyebrows, RPI Donated to Clinton Library, Unusual Bequest for Monroe CC, Banned Words  Jan. 2
• New Programs: Nursing, Education, Geographic Information Systems, Computer Science  Jan. 2
• David Horowitz Does the MLA  Dec. 30
• MLA’s Middle East Moves  Dec. 30
• Pushing the Envelope on Copyright Exemptions  Dec. 30
• Quick Takes: Hopkins as Potential Target for Animal Rights Underground, Going North for College  Dec. 30
• New Presidents or Provosts: Bethany College (Kan.), Capital U., Christian Brothers U., Hampden-Sydney College, West Chester U.  Dec. 30
• Revising and Defending the Foreign Language Major  Dec. 29
• The Teaching Paradox  Dec. 29
• The Admissions Gap for Big-Time Athletes  Dec. 29
• First ‘Minerva’ Grants Awarded  Dec. 29
• Guidance on New GI Bill  Dec. 29
• Quick Takes: Harvard Prof and Alleged Anti-Aging Drug, Priorities at RPI, Nashville Presidents Oppose ‘English Only’ Measure, Savings on Textbooks, NYU Lost $24M to Madoff, TMI for Graduation Speech, Adjuncts Get to Pay for Layoff Notice, MLA Parody  Dec. 29