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Endowment Debate Seeps into the States
Massachusetts legislator proposes tax on college funds over $1 billion; plan tabled in favor of study, but lawmakers argue that universities should share wealth in tough times.
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.
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.
A Professor Sues His Students
Does this litigation protect faculty members from unfair accusations -- or potentially threaten academic freedom?
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.
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.