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U. of Illinois Lobbyists Had Access to Student Records
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has cut off the access its lobbying branch had to the student information database...
Defender of the Humanities
Jim Leach becomes Obama's official nominee to lead National Endowment for the Humanities and pledges to bolster the agency and to respect peer review.
Georgia Colleges Allowed to Hire More Lecturers
The Georgia Board of Regents has increased the cap on the use of lecturers at public colleges from 10 to...
Rankings Rancor at Clemson
University responds harshly to official's assertions of data "manipulation" to rise on the U.S. News charts, denying unethical behavior -- but directly challenging few of her allegations.
Fight Over Stimulus Funds in Massachusetts
An advocacy group for public higher education in Massachusetts has filed a federal complaint charging the state with diverting federal...
The Faculty and Undergrad Research
To draw more students into laboratories and field work, professors have to be on board first -- and rewards in the tenure process are key, participants in D.C. panel say.
Split Over Open Access
10 university press directors back requirements for free online versions of federally sponsored research -- even as presses' association fights to end such a requirement.