Past Coverage

• How Many Research Universities Does a State Need? - February 11, 2000
• The New Face of State Colleges - December 15, 2000
• Honors Colleges and the Mediocrity of Education at Public Universities - December 1, 2000
• The Outlook for Higher Education in the 50 State Legislatures This Year - January 8, 1999
• States Make Healthy Increases in Spending on Higher Education - June 25, 1999

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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