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Scholars and Sports
NCAA's inaugural faculty conference on college sports issues considers academic research, campus culture -- and the association's role as event sponsor.
State Appropriations Are Up ... for Now
Spending on colleges grew 7.5% for 2008, the largest percentage hike in a decade, but deficits in many states suggest tighter years are ahead. New California budget plan worries educators.
Maybe He Shouldn't Have Spoken His Mind
T. Hayden Barnes opposed his university's plan to build two large parking garages with $30 million from students' mandatory fees...
Diversifying Through Football
At many Division I universities, sports remains a major -- if not the primary -- route to college for black men, data from more than 300 colleges show.
A College Keeps (But Redefines) Tenure
Facing financial woes, small religious studies institution alters what it expects of professors – to include tasks such as recruiting or fund raising.
Reviving the J-School
Editors, executives and journalism deans gather to discuss what J-schools should teach, and why they're still necessary.
Call to Arms for Academic Labor
Marc Bousquet pulls no punches in "How the University Works," his analysis about why so many Ph.D.'s may never see tenure or decent working conditions.