Past Coverage

• Former Top Official at Education Dept. Pays $50,000 Fine for Conflict of Interest - March 16, 2007
• Education Dept.'s Chief of Staff Takes Job With Washington Lobbying Firm - March 3, 2000
• Education Dept. Defends Its Year-2000 Readiness - May 21, 1999
• Lobbying Firm Adds 4 More Colleges to Its Roster - March 30, 2001
• Education Department Deputy Secretary Is Nominated - March 16, 2001

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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If any one year can be said to be a transformative time in the life of a university, then the past 12 months have been such a year for Hofstra. Hofstra learned it would host the third and final 2008 presidential debate, announced plans for a...