Past Coverage

• Debate Over Improving Minority Health Pits NIH Director Against Black Leaders - September 10, 1999
• Lawmakers Seek to Elevate Minority-Health Office at the NIH - July 9, 1999
• Harold Varmus Defends the NIH's Approach for Improving the Health of Minority Groups - October 8, 1999
• Federal Support Grows for Research on the Role of Race in Public-Health Problems - November 24, 2000
• Democrats and NIH Agree on Bills to Bolster Research on Minority Health - November 19, 1999

Commentary

• Cases in Point: Intellectual-Property Agreements: Are You Managing Your Rights?

  In view of recent federal-court decisions, three lawyers urge colleges to carefully review two common methods of licensing the inventions of their faculty members.

• The City Where Diploma Dreams Go to Die

  Systemic high-school performance failure has elicited much hand-wringing. But there should be equal anguish, writes Kevin Carey, over breakdowns at the college level.

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  Why Liberal Arts Need Career Services

  Creative teaching and career planning are not mutually exclusive, writes Katharine S. Brooks.

Campus Viewpoint

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