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New Watchdog for Donors
New center plans to link philanthropists with colleges that share their vision, but some fund raisers aren't certain about the need for more scrutiny.
A Gay President Says 'I Do'
Like many college leaders, Ralph Hexter opens up the presidential home each fall for a party for faculty and staff...
The Platonic Ideal of Perfection
A philosophy professor at McGill University requires a perfect score to continue class on Plato -- and students complain. Prisoners chained in a cave?
Appeals Court Upholds Military Recruiting
A last attempt by professors to fight the Solomon Amendment on academic freedom grounds is turned back.
Docking a Grade for Skirting the Rules?
Responding to student pressure, the College of Business at Illinois State keeps its business-casual requirement but lessens consequences for violations.
A Worldwide Test for Higher Education?
International group is (quietly) discussing the prospect of creating a global measure of student learning outcomes at the college level.
The Business of Branching Out
Maryland college's payment of per-student fee to contractor in Taiwan raises questions about when practices unacceptable in the U.S. are permissible (or not) abroad.