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• Illinois Bill Would Ban Use of Search Firms in Hiring at Public Universities

  By Michael Stratford

  Lawmakers are questioning the cost of the growing use of outside consultants. Universities say they would be at a competitive disadvantage in recruiting without them.

• Publishers and Georgia State See Broad Implications in Copyright Ruling

  By Jennifer Howard

  The university called the decision significant "for all educational fair use." A plaintiff said the ruling, though flawed, was a step toward setting practical guidelines.

• Florida A&M President Suspends Band Through Next Year
• Long-Awaited Ruling in Copyright Case Mostly Favors Georgia State U.
• Russia's University Mergers Pit the Old School Against the New
• Artists Debate Whether the Discipline Needs a Doctorate
• NIH Is Prodded to Consider a Better Science for Allocating Research Dollars
• Top Business Schools Look to Social Scientists to Enhance Research
• Student Loans Have Become 'Pawn in the Latest Political Fight'
• To Develop Student Entrepreneurs, Colleges Incubate Their Ideas
• Building a Digital Map of Scholarly Archival Materials
• New Dean's Mission: Expand the Reconfigured Jack Welch Institute
• The Art of Camouflage; Professors on a Field Trip
• Clemson Seeks to Diminish the Sophomore Slump
• Amid Confusing Signals From Regents, U. of Texas President's Job Hangs in Balance
• North Carolina's Ban on Same-Sex Unions Raises Questions for Campuses
• Chinese Dissident Will ‘Have a Ball’ at NYU, Says Professor Who Made It Happen
• New Microgrants at U. of Michigan Will Spark Innovative Research
• After Outcry Over Raises, Cal State Revisits Policy on Presidents' Pay
• State Student-Aid Grants Should Focus on Completion, Not Just Merit, Report Says