Call Your PR Director, Fast  Aug. 8

When a production company tells your president or dean it wants to profile your college or school in a national television documentary, the offer may not be what it seems. more

A Bridge Less Traveled  Aug. 8

With the promise of higher salaries, new programs lure psychologists, sociologists and others into colleges of business. more

Game Over  Aug. 8

The University of Florida is the latest to call for an end to beer pong and other popular college drinking games. more

On Recruiting, Gambling and Drinking  Aug. 8

NCAA committees and boards decide on a number of controversial college sports issues. more

‘The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure — Without Losing Your Soul’  Aug. 8

Co-author of new book offers advice for both junior professors and the departments that hire them. more

Quick Takes: Would Iowa Sell Its Jackson Pollock?, More Success for Harvard Endowment, Pre-Pre-SAT?, Bishop State Instructor Wins Job Back, Recovering From Research Misconduct, Demand for New Med School  Aug. 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.

• When Universities Run Schools ... Into the Ground  Aug. 7
• Will Adjuncts Pay to Be Certified?  Aug. 7
• Facebook Profile Meets Catholic Values (and the Campaign)  Aug. 7
• Restricting the Madness After March  Aug. 7
• Quick Takes: Bailout Plan for Massachusetts Loan Agency, Controversial President’s Memory Book, Criswell President Quits, CUNY Union Opens Debate, Point-Shaving Charges, Cheerleader Rescue, Paying for Baggage, Giving Up on Spelling  Aug. 7
• New Programs: Interactive Media, Forensic Nursing, Communicative Disorders, Digital Media, Nutrition  Aug. 7
• After Attacks on Researchers, Caution and Steadfastness  Aug. 6
• The Ticktock of the Welfare Clock  Aug. 6
• Satisfied Academics  Aug. 6
• Access Denied for Disabled Students  Aug. 6
• Quick Takes: Legal Win for Apollo, U.S. Revokes Visas of 3 Palestinian Fulbright Scholars, Wachovia Abandons Private Student Loans, Boycott Possible of Law School Meeting, New Call for NCAA to Ban Booze Ads, Eduard Closes Campuses  Aug. 6
• New Presidents or Provosts: Dakota Wesleyan U., Grand Canyon U., Henderson State U., Massachusetts Bay CC, Oregon Institute of Technology  Aug. 6
• Court Strikes Down ‘Overbroad’ Harassment Policy  Aug. 5
• A Coed Strategy for Single-Sex Education  Aug. 5
• The Birth of Ball-E-Wood  Aug. 5
• Keys to Hiring Women in Science  Aug. 5
• Quick Takes: Anger Over NYC Deal With For-Profit Med School in Grenada, Another Resignation at WVU, GED Participation Is Up, Clinton Pays Debts to Colleges  Aug. 5
• New Programs: Management, Biotechnology, Natural Resources  Aug. 5
• Sociology’s Crime Problem  Aug. 4
• Legacy Admits: More Money, Lower Scores  Aug. 4
• Private Colleges, Serious About Assessment  Aug. 4
• Us vs. Them in Academe  Aug. 4
• Equipping Community Colleges’ New Leaders  Aug. 4
• Quick Takes: Firebombs at 2 Santa Cruz Homes, Trustee Dates Administrator, Researcher Faces Deportation, Scrutiny of Stanford, Education Dept. Faulted, Texas Southern Loses Suit, Faculty Union Sues Over Raises, Bible College Feud, Turmoil in Newfoundland  Aug. 4
• HEA: A Huge, Exacting Accountability Bill  Aug. 1
• Early Decision — for Faculty Jobs  Aug. 1
• The Names on the Dishonor Roll  Aug. 1
• Gutless and Green Computing  Aug. 1
• Quick Takes: UT-Brownsville Avoids Fence, Bush Nominee for Higher Education Post, Threats Against Santa Cruz Researchers, NSF and DOD Offer ‘Minerva’ Details, Open Access and Journal Citations  Aug. 1
• New Presidents or Provosts: Bowie State U., Davidson County CC, Hennepin Technical College, Langara College, Ottawa U.-Arizona, Technical College of the Lowcountry  Aug. 1
• In New Media Programs, Who Benefits?  July 31
• Going To the ‘Xtreme’  July 31
• Questioning the Value of Remedial Education  July 31
• Another Way Education Pays  July 31
• Quick Takes: DeVry’s $290M Purchase, Priorities of Business Philanthropists, Support for Higher Ed Act, Another Community College Tries Friday Program, Injunction Helps Christian Fraternity, Tough Rules for Foreign Students in UK  July 31
• New Programs: Enterpreneurship, Arts, Respiratory Care  July 31
• 7 Years, 1,158 Pages ... and Almost Done  July 30
• Revolt in the Adjunct Ranks  July 30
• Big Argus Is Watching You  July 30
• The State Higher Ed Picture, 2007  July 30
• Quick Takes: Anthropologists Protest Laptop Searches, Purchasers of Bogus Degrees Named, No Charges in Central Mich. Noose Case, Wealth Gaps, Israeli Academics Protest Limits on Palestinian Students, Canadian Advantage, International Partnerships  July 30
• New Presidents or Provosts: Oak Hills Christian College, Portland CC-Rock Creek Campus, Saint-Mary-of-the-Woods College, Southwestern Illinois College, Temple College, Texas Tech U., Wisconsin Lutheran College  July 30
• New Ethics Rules for Admissions Consultants  July 29
• McCain Comes Out Against Affirmative Action  July 29
• Senate Strands Study Abroad Bill  July 29
• More Uncertainty in Student Loan Programs  July 29
• Quick Takes: Shooting at NC State, Independence for Montclair Paper, Party School Rankings, New Warning at Orientation  July 29
• Newly Tenured ... at Saint Joseph, U. of Tennessee at Knoxville  July 29
• Do They Ever Learn?  July 28
• On Accountability, Consider Bologna  July 28
• Crusade Against a Crusader  July 28
• College Papers May Have New Competitor: Their Web Site Host  July 28
• Missing Attribution in Controversial Book  July 28
• Lesbian Basketball Coaches Call Foul  July 28
• Quick Takes: New Twist on Immigrant Students in NC, Higher Ed Act Update, Black Male Pipeline, ‘Last Lecture’ Prof Dies at 47, Accreditor Blasts Governance at Oakland CC, First ADA Settlement for For-Profits, Not Guilty but Not Reinstated  July 28