Past Coverage

• 'Journal Glut' and High Prices - December 18, 1998
• Planned Merger of 2 Big Journal Publishers Worries Academic Librarians - December 15, 2006
• A New On-Line Data Base Will Link Dozens of Journals in the Biological Sciences - July 2, 1999
• The Promise and Peril of 'Open Access' - January 30, 2004
• Library Leaders Press Colleges to Archive Online Journals - March 3, 2006

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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