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International Development Goals
University leaders from around the world convene for summit on higher education and development. Attendees are each (supposed) to return home with two new partnerships.
Drift Toward Direct Lending (Update)
More than a quarter of colleges in guaranteed student loan program say they are contemplating switch to government-run program; change likeliest among 2-year colleges.
Ethnic Profiling Alleged at Georgetown
Grad student, also a journalist for the BBC Persian Service, says university cleared campus police who singled him out at graduation ceremony.
A Professor Sues His Students
Does this litigation protect faculty members from unfair accusations -- or potentially threaten academic freedom?
Forestry: No Longer Evergreen?
Washington State's major is on chopping block. That's particularly dramatic in Pacific Northwest, but programs nationwide face enrollment issues.
Fuzzier, More Intimate Online Controversy
Campus-specific Web sites where students can anonymously post "confessions" have led to at least one shutdown and a host of complaints about vitriol.