Past Coverage

• House Approves 15% Budget Increase for the NIH -- but With a Hitch - November 5, 1999
• Congressional Aide Predicts Impasse Over 2008 Budget Bill for Education and NIH - October 4, 2007
• Federal Funds: Limited Increases for Research and Student Aid - December 19, 2003
• A Feud Over Spending in Kentucky - December 1, 2000
• The Outlook for Higher Education This Year in the 50 State Legislatures - January 7, 2000

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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