Past Coverage

• Senate Panel Approves Spending Bill With Increases for Student Aid - July 30, 2009
• House Passes Education-Spending Bill That Would Increase Pell Grant - July 24, 2009
• Senate Panel Calls for Flat Funds for Cultural Endowments in 2007 - June 28, 2006
• Senate Panel Approves Increases for Pell Grants and NIH in 2009 - June 25, 2008
• Senate Panel Approves More Money for NIH - July 22, 2005

Recent News

• Number of 'Hispanic Serving' Colleges Is Expected to Grow Significantly, Report Says

  Almost 200 colleges may soon meet the federal designation of "Hispanic serving," and they should work to increase their retention and graduation rates, says a new report.

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds

  The Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that people with bachelor's degrees were more likely than recipients of only high-school diplomas to take liberal stances.

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  Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

  The chief conservator of one of the stricken nation's major libraries is working with Brown University and others to save a part of his people's cultural patrimony.

Campus Viewpoint

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