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On the Road to Jena - and Activism
In Louisiana and on their own campuses, black students are galvanized, and some colleges add education for those preparing to protest.
Mr. Rumsfeld Goes to Stanford
University's professors take to the (virtual) streets after the Hoover Institution announces its newest distinguished visiting fellow, the former secretary of defense.
Why Women Leave Academic Medicine
Plenty of female basic scientists earn Ph.D.'s and start careers on medical school faculties, but barriers and unrealistic expectations make them flee in droves before they reach the pinnacle.
Colleges Plot Strategy on Conflicts of Interest
Several dozen association and campus officials meet in Washington in acknowledgment that loan scandal has implications across the campus landscape.
Cornell Degree, Offered in Africa
University will build complete academic program in watershed management in Ethiopia.
Hoover in the Heartland
Alumni provide funds for U. of Illinois to promote capitalist thought, with goal of creating public university equivalent of Stanford think tank -- and spreading model elsewhere. Some professors are alarmed.
Minority College Enrollments Edge Higher
Annual report finds gains for all racial and ethnic groups, but black and Hispanic Americans continue to lag their white peers in college-going rate.