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The Facebook Style in Finding Applicants

Competing companies try to enter the lucrative market of selling colleges lists of potential students. Can they change how institutions shape enrollments?

Watch Out Whom You Invite to Speak ...

Or you may also invite the wrath of Congress. A House Republican seeks to cut off federal aid to Columbia University over speech by Iran's president.

Real-Dollar Decline for Academic R

For first time in nearly 25 years, federal support for university research in 2006 fell, when adjusted for inflation.

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New Presidents or Provosts: Argosy U., Argosy U.-D.C. campus, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Coppin State U., Lincoln U. (Mo.), Seton Hall U., Technical College of the Lowcountry, U. of California-Santa Cruz, Walden U., Western Mindanao State U.

Senate Scrutiny for Endowments

Committee's hearing touches on how much of universities' holdings get spent each year, how they invest in hedge funds and other tax-related issues.

OpenCourseWare Goes Statewide

Utah's state-funded "OpenCourseWare Alliance" features free, online course materials from seven colleges.

Meeting of the Minds

With federal backing, 3 higher ed groups will undertake project to develop multiple ways of measuring student learning -- answering call for accountability, but with colleges in the driver's seat.