Past Coverage

• Taking the Measure of Pork as a Campaign Issue - October 12, 2007
• Plans to Rein In Earmarks Are Unlikely to Shut Lid on Academic Pork Barrel - February 10, 2006
• Congress Increases Earmark Openness - August 17, 2007
• Bush to Congress: Cut Earmarks, or Else - January 28, 2008
• Obama Calls for Earmark Reform but Signals He Will Sign Earmark-Laden Spending Bill - March 11, 2009

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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