Past Coverage

• Helping Johnny Learn to Write When He Gets to College - January 31, 2003
• Dueling Accusations of Plagiarism Prompt Question: Who's the Victim? - June 18, 2007
• Complaints Force Company to Retreat From Selling Scholarly Papers Online - May 22, 2008
• Company Retreats From Selling Scholarly Papers Online - May 23, 2008
• Complaints Force Company to Retreat From Selling Scholarly Papers Online - June 6, 2008

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.

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