Past Coverage

• Academic Pork Barrel Tops $2-Billion for the First Time - September 26, 2003
• A Record Year at the Federal Trough: Colleges Feast on $1.67-Billion in Earmarks - August 10, 2001
• Pork-Barrel Spending on Academe Reaches a Record $797-Million - July 23, 1999
• Taking the Measure of Pork as a Campaign Issue - October 12, 2007
• Democrats Put Pork Lovers in Academe on a Diet - January 19, 2007

Advice

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  The Candidate and His Earring

  In 20 years, will we see college presidential candidates with piercings and tattoos?

• Old Books, Old Stories

  These darn kids nowadays don't write nearly as well as young folk wrote in the good old days.

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  A Scientist's Guide to Academic Etiquette

  Whether you're an interviewer, an author, or an adviser, there are things you shouldn't do in the name of scholarship. Here are 30 tips for navigating the academic world.

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...