Past Coverage

• Columbia Senate Questions Spending on Fathom - May 10, 2002
• A New Web Site Aims to Direct Students to Online Courses, but Price Is Steep - January 7, 2000
• Army's Distance-Education Project Seeks More Colleges as Participants - December 21, 2001
• Offering Entire Degrees Online Is One Key to Distance Education, Survey Finds - February 4, 2005
• Education Department Expands Student-Aid Program for Distance Education - December 12, 2003

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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