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Heroin Death Rattles a Campus
Reed College, known for its counterculture intellectualism, ponders what response is appropriate following a drug-related tragedy.
Admissions by Software
New technology, designed to help colleges attract diverse classes without legal challenges to affirmative action, will get first use in decision making.
Many Community Colleges Opt Out of Loan Program
More than a million students are enrolled in two-year institutions that choose not to participate in the federal loan program, report finds, leaving them to incur riskier forms of debt.
A Press Revolt Against E-Packet Practices
Suit against Georgia State University may be start of tangling over how business models for textbook publishing online will evolve.
How to Head Off a Potential Student Loan Crisis
Panelists before the Senate Banking Committee stop short of calling it a crisis, but they settle on a few policy options to avert one just in case.
A Pentagon Olive Branch to Academe
Defense secretary discusses plans for new university consortia and grants -- largely in social sciences -- for non-classified research, and pledges no political restrictions.