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Higher Ed Act Gets Hairier
With House poised to take up bill, one lawmaker offers plan to require 5 percent payout by endowments, and leaders back default-rate change pushed by for-profit colleges.
Taking Conflict of Interest Seriously
Leaders of business and legal higher ed associations make the pitch to private college presidents that it's time to review -- and in some cases create -- policies.
We'd Prefer to Speak for Ourselves, Thanks
The memorandum that circulated on Capitol Hill last week sought to reassure U.S. senators that higher education leaders, who have...
Call to Arms for Private Colleges
In an address to fellow presidents about the future of higher education, MIT's leader says "our story isn’t well understood by Congress or the public."
A Merger on Whose Terms?
As Polytechnic board prepares for university to be absorbed by NYU, some trustees see lack of due diligence, squelching of faculty views, and conflicts of interest.
Moral Leadership of Presidents and Their Colleges
Leaders of Catholic institutions discuss the importance of speaking out publicly -- and not just on the usual issues.
'Unreal' Boost for Science?
President Bush's proposed budget for basic research and development in the 2009 fiscal year seeks a record $147 billion, a...
The Feds Giveth, and Taketh Away
Bush's 2009 budget plan would lift maximum Pell Grant to $4,800, kill other aid programs -- and slash funds for minority-serving colleges that gained in last fall's budget measure.