Past Coverage

• Microsoft to Spend Millions at Chinese Universities - July 12, 2002
• Chinese Officials Criticize Survey, Citing Concerns on Methodology and Taiwan - May 14, 1999
• SUNY-Buffalo Marks a Quarter Century of Ties With Chinese Universities - October 20, 2006
• Obsession With Rankings Goes Global - October 17, 2008
• The Long Road Ahead for China's Universities - May 19, 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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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...