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One-Man Peer Review
In annual ritual, lawmaker questions wisdom of U.S. research grants, this time about spread of HIV in foreign lands. House backs the critic, striking the funds.
God and Majors
National study tracks changes in religiosity by students in various courses of study and finds positive link between religiosity and going to college.
Surviving the Party School Rankings
Though Princeton Review makes a splash every year, college officials warn against taking the findings too seriously.
NCAA Punishes U. of New Hampshire Hockey Team
The University of New Hampshire’s men’s ice hockey team has been placed on a two-year probation by the National Collegiate...
Another Dean of Academic Engagement
Last week we reported on the creation of a new position -- "dean of engaged learning" -- at Robert Morris...
The Press and Morgan State U.
National journalism group censures university for ending employment of student paper adviser, saying she was punished for protecting students' rights to free expression.
Help From the House
Largest of Democrat-sponsored spending bills, reflecting favoring of social programs seen as shortchanged during Bush years, would lift funds for NIH, Pell and AmeriCorps.
'Mathematicians Fleeing From Nazi Germany'
Much has been written about the immigration of Jewish scholars and others who opposed or feared the Nazis to the...