Past Coverage

• Washington U. Researchers Test 'Smart Card' for Medical Records - January 29, 1999
• Why Can't Colleges Hold On to Their Data? - May 6, 2005
• Security Lapses Permit Theft From Database of Scholarly Journals - January 10, 2003
• Locking Up the Laptops - August 4, 2006
• 'More Holes Than a Pound of Swiss Cheese' - September 29, 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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