Past Coverage

• State Higher-Education Funds Rise Over All, but Growth Slows in Much of Nation - December 15, 2000
• State Spending on Higher Education Up Slightly, a Reversal From Previous Year - December 17, 2004
• State Spending on Colleges Bounces Back - January 13, 2006
• State Appropriations for Higher Education See Biggest Jump in Decades - January 11, 2008
• State Appropriations for Higher Education See Biggest Jump in Decades - January 18, 2008

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The students protesting the big tuition increase at the University of California impress Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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Under President Joseph Aoun, Northeastern University has embarked on a strategic plan that will guide it in its goals as a 21st century research university. Chief among those goals is to educate the next generation of creative thinkers and...