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New Presidents or Provosts: Columbus State U., Lone Star College-Kingwood, Long Island U.-C.W. Post, Moorpark College, Rowan-Cabarrus CC, South Carolina State U., U. of North Carolina-Greensboro, U. of Oxford, Valdosta State U., Washington State U.

Boost Proposed for Science Education

House subcommittee approves appropriations increases for the National Science Foundation and other agencies, shifting emphasis to education from research.

Paying for Exclusivity

One university's unconventional approach to outsourcing international student recruitment and services -- involving multi-million dollar payment from a corporate provider -- raises questions.

Quick Takes: Decline in Minority Applicants at Michigan, Middle Tenn. Repays Estate of Swindler, UMass Rescinds Mugabe's Degree, Conviction in Alabama, Gehry Building Plan Questioned, Lost Graduation Speakers, Calling All Latin Experts

Business Financial Health

Could Collaboration Shift Colleges' Aid Policies?

Talk to private college leaders in confidence these days, and many (at least outside the most competitive and wealthy institutions)...

Raising Voices to Save Audiology

A proposal at the University of Tennessee shows the vulnerabilites of service-oriented programs.

Quick Takes: Report Says U.S. Science Still on Top, Faculty Criticism Vanishes in Accrediting Report, No Confidence at SW Oregon CC, Security Clearance Denials Protested, Math Standards Questioned, Boost for NEH, Anthropologists Stick With New Orleans

Is Hyde Park the New Cambridge (for Mocking Liberal Academics)?

Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, but Republicans are focusing in on his Chicago neighborhood -- and its famous university -- as the way to tag him as liberal. What would Saul Bellow say?

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