Past Coverage

• NSF Director Requests Big Increase for Research Into Biocomplexity - February 26, 1999
• An Encyclopedic Data Base About Plants Will Soon Flower on the Internet - October 1, 1999
• Hurricanes Help Disperse Animal Species Among Caribbean Islands, Scientists Say - October 23, 1998
• Biological Invaders Threaten U.S. Ecology - February 12, 1999
• The Pitfalls of Not Knowing the Whole Animal - March 5, 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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