Past Coverage

• U. of California's Merced Campus Offers Distance-Education Courses - May 5, 2000
• Union Offers Standards for Distance Education - February 2, 2001
• Banking on Its Reputation, the Open University Starts an Operation in the U.S. - July 23, 1999
• Open U. of Israel Finds Many Students in the States of the Former Soviet Union - October 13, 2000
• 7 Institutions Form Canadian Virtual University - October 13, 2000

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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