Past Coverage

• Mississippi Lawmakers Back Desegregation Deal - January 25, 2002
• Judge in Miss. Desegregation Case Says Plaintiffs May Not Opt Out of Settlement - November 23, 2001
• A Federal Judge Considers Plan to Desegregate Mississippi Colleges - September 14, 2001
• Judge Questions Agreement in Mississippi's Desegregation Case - May 18, 2001
• A Settlement and More Division in Mississippi - May 4, 2001

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The students protesting the big tuition increase at the University of California impress Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

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...