Past Coverage

• Education Department Issues Lender-of-Last-Resort Guidelines as More Banks Quit Federal Program - March 28, 2008
• Education Department Chooses Guarantors for Pilot Program - February 11, 2000
• Spellings Plans Strategy Session on Lender-of-Last-Resort Provisions - April 7, 2008
• Education Department Details Plan for Emergency Lending - May 5, 2008
• Lender Jeered as It Departs Federal Student-Loan Program - July 2, 2008

Commentary

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  Close the Gap Between Liberal Arts and Career Services

  Creative teaching can bridge the gap between career services and the liberal arts, writes Katharine S. Brooks.

• 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.

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...