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Questions on Tuition for New GI Bill
Department of Veterans Affairs publishes a preliminary list of the maximum tuition and fees it will cover in each state, and some of the numbers are eye-poppingly high.
New Challenge to Gun Limits on Campuses
Suspension of student at Western Oregon U. leads to calls to end firearms ban at colleges and universities in the state.
Colleges Seek to Save Student Aid Experiments
In last days, Bush administration killed program designed to encourage financial aid innovations; 100-plus colleges urge Education Department and Congress to restore it.
Too Christian or Too Narrow?
Wiley-Blackwell suspends sale of four volume, 3,000 page encyclopedia on Christianity, pending post-publication review. Editor sees anti-religious bias; publisher and others see major problems with the substance of the work.
War of Words on Investments in Israel
Student group says Hampshire is the first U.S. college to divest on behalf of Palestinians; college says its decision to transfer money from one fund to another was not about the Middle East.
A National (But Not Federal) Student Database?
Grant from Gates Foundation aims to transform nonprofit clearinghouse into mechanism to track high school students through college -- and, perhaps, eventually beyond.
The Final Stimulus Bill
As details emerge, funds for science, students and states are plentiful; less so for college facilities and private institutions.