Past Coverage

• Oasis in Iraq: Universities Flourish in Kurdistan - August 17, 2007
• In Their Own Universities, Kurds Taste Academic Freedom - October 6, 2000
• Preparing to Rebuild Iraq's Universities - April 25, 2003
• Silenced Minority - July 19, 2002
• A Once-Privileged University Fears the Future - September 12, 2003

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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