http://chronicle.com/section/Administration/16/ News :: Administration Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:54:46 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130870/ http://chronicle.com/article/UN-Panel-Pushes-for/130870/ A group convened by the World Health Organization agreed that full disclosure of the research was preferable, but that a moratorium on publication should remain in place.

]]> Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130848/ http://chronicle.com/article/Senators-Hear-About-Successful/130848/ Two-year-college leaders were among those giving testimony about how partnerships in their region are helping to bolster the local economy.

]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130847/ http://chronicle.com/article/Who-Will-Be-a-Good-Doctor-/130847/ Changes in the test, the first in the test since 1991, are designed to help better prepare students for a rapidly changing health-care system.

]]> Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130805/ http://chronicle.com/article/Kean-U-Trustees-Back/130805/ The New Jersey institution's board narrowly endorsed Dawood Farahi's leadership, but said it did not condone his careless mistakes on his résumé.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:59:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130804/ http://chronicle.com/article/60-Ways-to-Leave-a-Flagship/130804/ The U. of Texas at Austin got a study panel's recommendations on how to raise its graduation rate. Among the ideas: earlier help for students in academic trouble.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130782/ http://chronicle.com/article/Sortable-Table-Money-Raised/130782/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130786/ http://chronicle.com/article/Gifts-to-Colleges-Rose-82-in/130786/ The total raised comes close to the amount seen in 2008, the best year ever for giving to colleges. But most of the money went to just 25 percent of the institutions.

]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130789/ http://chronicle.com/article/Facing-Budget-Pressure-NIH/130789/ The agency is trimming existing grants and taking other steps in hopes of directing a larger share of its budget to younger scientists.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:25:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130783/ http://chronicle.com/article/Minority-Students-Lag-in/130783/ Only 17 percent of Latino students and 19 percent of African-American students who intend to transfer to a four-year institution actually do, say new reports.

]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:50:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130771/ http://chronicle.com/article/Table-Details-of-Obamas/130771/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:02:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130769/ http://chronicle.com/article/Table-Highlights-of-Obamas/130769/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:36:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130775/ http://chronicle.com/article/College-Groups-React-With/130775/ Obama seeks increases for job training and student aid but offers few details about plans to link some aid to college costs.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:20:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130772/ http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-Budget-Plan-Includes-New/130772/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:40:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130767/ http://chronicle.com/article/Bar-Association-Seeks-More/130767/ The association says that people with disabilities are underrepresented in law schools and suggests that difficulties in taking the test are partly responsible.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130774/ http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-Seeks-15-Increase-for/130774/ The president has placed heaviest emphasis on driving technologies calculated to produce economic benefits.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130773/ http://chronicle.com/article/For-Cultural-Endowments/130773/ The National Endowments for the Arts and for the Humanities would each be allocated $8-million more than in the 2012 fiscal year under the president's plan.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130758/ http://chronicle.com/article/President-to-Seek-8-Billion/130758/ The president's budget for next year will request $10-billion over all for job training, as well as an increase in the maximum Pell Grant.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130757/ http://chronicle.com/article/National-Science-Foundation/130757/ An agency official is visiting colleges to emphasize the NSF leadership's belief in the value of applying discoveries and approaches as widely as possible.

]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130759/ http://chronicle.com/article/No-Immediate-Discipline-Is/130759/ However, one high-ranking administrator stepped down after the release of an audit showing hundreds of foreign students were given degrees they didn't earn.

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:00:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130754/ http://chronicle.com/article/Slide-Show-Firing-of-Workers/130754/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:07:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130742/ http://chronicle.com/article/Fault-Lines-Form-as-Finances/130742/ Looking for fiscal autonomy, leaders of several institutions, including San Francisco, with its vaunted medical school, have proposed independence.

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130738/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-NCAA-Wades-Into-a-War-of/130738/ Stung by outspoken criticism from a New York Times columnist, the association is dishing back—and it's gotten personal.

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130740/ http://chronicle.com/article/Firing-of-Workers-Who-Failed/130740/ Some on the campus believe the 17 employees were dismissed for union activity, a charge the president denies.

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130732/ http://chronicle.com/article/After-a-Death-a-Question-Are/130732/ A drum major's death last fall brought another round of hand-wringing and committee reports, but some researchers say these deadly rituals are nearly impossible to root out.

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130739/ http://chronicle.com/article/CollegesDevelopers-Find/130739/ Businesses exploit a lucrative market, and institutions discover the advantages of using private companies to get the job done.

]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/130749/ http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-Offers-New-Policy-on/130749/ The new approach was designed to accommodate the strong objections of some religious leaders and groups, predominantly those affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.

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