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The Chronicle of Higher Education

FROM THE MAY 16, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLE: Teams That Failed to Make the Grade
Related article: NCAA Penalizes Fewer Teams Than Expected


FROM THE MAY 9, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLE: Many Athletes, Few Scholarships
Related article: For Coaches, a Race With No Finish Line

TABLE: 2 Colleges, by the Numbers
Related article: In Turbulent Times, 2 Small Colleges Brace for the Worst

TABLE: How Florida Tracks Students in a Vast Database
Related article: Huge Databases Offer a Research Gold Mine — and Privacy Worries

TABLE: More Seats For High SAT Scorers
Related article: Researchers Accuse Selective Colleges of Giving Admissions Tests Too Much Weight


FROM THE MAY 2, 2008, ISSUE:

GRAPHIC: What Admissions Officials Think
DATA: The Chronicle Survey of Undergraduate Admissions Officers
Related articles: all of the articles from the special issue on Admissions & Student Aid

TABLE: Historians Rate Bush's Presidency
Related article: Going Down in History

GRAPHIC: Planning for College: What Parents Say
Related article: Survey Finds Mismatch in Student Achievement and Parents' College Expectations

TABLE: Enrolling Needy Students: How the Wealthiest Colleges Rate
Related article: Top Colleges Admit Fewer Low-Income Students

TABLES: Facing Long Odds and A Success Story in Florida
Related article: Improving Black Graduation Rates Is Mainly a Matter of Will, Report Says


FROM THE APRIL 25, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLES: Professors and Pills
Related article: Some Professors Pop Pills for an Intellectual Edge


FROM THE APRIL 18, 2008, ISSUE:

DATABASE: Faculty salaries at more than 1,300 institutions

DATA: What Professors Earn
Related article: Wisconsin's Flagship Is Raided for Scholars

TABLE Where Professors Earn the Most
Related article: Gap Persists Between Faculty Salaries at Public and Private Institutions


FROM THE APRIL 4, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLES AND GRAPHICS: Selected Data From the Poll
TABLE: Detailed Results From the Poll by Gender, Education Level, and Party Affiliation
Related article: Americans Split on Government Control of Tuition

TABLE: Regional Differences in Views of Politics in the Classroom
Related article: The Public View of Politics in the Classroom

TABLE: Estimated Net Cost of Attendance by Family Income at Selected Institutions
Related article: The Changing Face of Student Aid


FROM THE MARCH 28, 2008, ISSUE:

DATABASES: View two searchable databases of academic earmarks, from 1990 to 2003 and from 2008
TABLE: Institutions receiving non-shared earmarks, ranked by total dollar amount
ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS: Click here for additional tables and graphics
Related article: Colleges' Earmarks Grow, Amid Criticism

GRAPHIC: Projections of Graduates of Public High Schools, by Racial and Ethnic Group
MAP: Projected Change in Numbers of High-School Graduates by State, 2004-5 to 2021-22
TABLE: Projections of High-School Graduates by State, Selected Years
Related article: Student Pool Is Expected to Dip and Diversify

ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS: Median Salaries of Midlevel Administrative Workers by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2007-8
Related article: Median Pay Increase for Colleges' Midlevel Workers Beats Inflation


FROM THE MARCH 14, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLE: Average Faculty Salaries by Field and Rank at 4-Year Colleges and Universities, 2007-8
Related article: Law, Business, and Engineering Professors Are Found to Be Highest-Paid

CHART: Income-Based Disparities In College Participation
Related article: Bankers Pick Small-College Leader to Serve Up Blunt Message With Lunch


FROM THE FEBRUARY 29, 2008, ISSUE:

GRAPHICS: Trends in Giving to Higher Education
TABLE: Top Fund-Raising Institutions, 2006-7
TABLE: Giving by Type of Institution, 2006-7
Related article: Private Donations to Colleges Rise for 4th Consecutive Year

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

TABLE: Median Salaries of College Administrators by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2007-8
Related article: Administrators' Pay Rises 4%, Beating Inflation for 11th Consecutive Year

TABLE: How State Spending Might Slow Under the House Bill
Related article: Disputed Plan Would Let Congress Weigh In on State Budgets for Colleges


FROM THE FEBRUARY 15, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLE: Budget Highlights
TABLE: Bush's Fiscal 2009 Budget Plan for Higher Education and Science
Related article: President Bush: A Friend of Higher Education After All?

TABLE: A Matter of Degrees: Democrats on Super Tuesday
Related article: The Student Vote: Turnout by the Young Continued to Surpass Previous Levels on Super Tuesday

TABLE: Percentages of Youth Votes
Related article: A Diverse California Campus Embraces the Primary

TABLE: Percentages of Youth Votes
Related article: In New York, Adult Students Say Real-Life Struggles Define Their Politics

TABLE: Percentages of Youth Votes
Related article: In Missouri, Faith and Factions Sway the Student Vote

TABLE: Percentages of Youth Votes
Related article: In Georgia, Excitement Rises Over the Choice of Candidates

TABLE: Characteristics of Senior College Administrators by Type of Institution, 2007
TABLE: Characteristics of Senior College Administrators, by Type of Position, 2007
Related article: Pipeline to Presidencies Carries Lots of Women, Few Members of Minority Groups


FROM THE FEBRUARY 8, 2008, ISSUE:

GRAPHIC: Charitable Giving to Higher Education Is Harmed by Recessions
Related article: Colleges Prepare for Fiscal Downturn

TABLE: How a Federal 'Watch List' Would Look in Massachusetts
Related article: Congress's Cost Cure May Have Side Effects


FROM THE FEBRUARY 1, 2008, ISSUE:

DATABASE: 785 college and university endowments
GRAPHICS: Performance Of College Endowments
Related article: Endowments Savor Big Gains but Lower Their Sights

MAP: Voter-Registration Deadlines in 'Super Tuesday' States
Related article: For Many Students, Electoral Enthusiasm Runs Up Against Barriers to Voting

DATA: Views of this year's freshmen at 4-year colleges
GRAPHIC: Some Students Want More Help From Parents
Related article: Surveys of Students Challenge 'Helicopter Parent' Stereotypes


FROM THE JANUARY 25, 2008, ISSUE:

TABLE: Too Much Sports?
Related article: Athletes' Hours Renew Debate Over College Sports

TABLE: How the Economics Association
Related article: When Economists Play the Market

TABLE: A Growing Affinity for Alumni
Related article: Alumni Credit Cards Offer Rewards to Stem Decline in Use


FROM THE JANUARY 18, 2008, ISSUE:

MAP: One-Year Changes in State Appropriations for Higher Education
GRAPH: State Appropriations: Trends State Support
TABLE: State Appropriations: How The States Rank
Related article: State Appropriations for Higher Education See Biggest Jump in Decades


FROM THE JANUARY 11, 2008, ISSUE:

CHART: Enrollment Growth at Colleges Affected by Katrina
Related article: New Orleans Colleges Slog Toward Recovery From Katrina


FROM THE DECEMBER 21, 2007, ISSUE:

LIST: The Leaders Among Campus Employees
LIST: Colleges Whose Employees Donate the Most
TABLE: Top Donors From Colleges Favor Democrats
Related article: In Donations From Academe, Obama Ranks Highest by Far


FROM THE DECEMBER 14, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Career Advancement and the Gold Watch

TABLE: Junior Faculty Job Satisfaction
Related article: Survey Reveals Best Places for Junior Faculty to Work

TABLE: Campus Impact On Climate
TABLE: Power Without Guilt
Related article: Colleges Strain to Reach Climate-Friendly Future

TABLE: Licensing Revenue and Patent Activity, 2006 Fiscal Year
Related article: 3 More Universities Join $10-Million Club in Annual Revenue From Licensing Inventions


FROM THE DECEMBER 7, 2007, ISSUE:

CHARTS: NIH Peer Review: A System Under Pressure
Related article: NIH Casts Critical Eye on How It Gives Grants

GRAPHIC: Trends in Doctorates Awarded to U.S. Citizens Who Are Members of Minority Groups
TABLE: Characteristics of Recipients of Earned Doctorates, 2006
Related article: Proportion of U.S. Doctorates Earned by Minority Students Grew in 2006, Report Says


FROM THE NOVEMBER 30, 2007, ISSUE:

LIST: Surveying the Human Terrain
Related article: Anthropologists in a War Zone: Scholars Debate Their Role


FROM THE NOVEMBER 23, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Institutions that had their bond ratings upgraded or downgraded during October 2007


FROM THE NOVEMBER 16, 2007, ISSUE:

DATABASE: Compensation of presidents at 182 public institutions, 653 private colleges, 114 specialized institutions, and 32 major higher-education associations
Related article: Presidential Pay Is Increasing Fastest At the Largest Institutions

DATABASE: The leading institutions in 24 disciplines as ranked by the index
Related article: Faculty-Productivity Index Offers Surprises

TABLE: Job Satisfaction
Related article: Professors' Job Satisfaction Is Higher Than Other Workers'

TABLE: Lawyers Pay a Price For Serving The Public
Related article: Forgiving Loans of Those in Public Service Grows Popular, but Programs Are Unproven

TABLE: Key Findings About Experiences of New Students at Community Colleges
Related article: Some Community-College Students Fall Through the Cracks in Their First Month

TABLES: Top Countries of Origin of Foreign Students in the United States, 2006-7
Related article: Number of Foreign Students Bounces Back to Near-Record High

TABLE: Global Competition For Foreign Students
Related article: Worldwide Competition for International Students Heats Up

TABLE: Top 2005-6 Destinations for U.S. Students
Related article: Study-Abroad Numbers Continue to Climb, Trips Are Shorter, Report Says


FROM THE NOVEMBER 9, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

TABLE: Students Who Participate in 'High Impact' Learning Report More Satisfaction
TABLE: More Students Participate in 'High Impact' Experiences When Faculty Members Value Them
Related article: Helicopter Parents Help Students, Survey Finds

TABLE: Gaps in Graduation Rates
Related article: Graduation Rates of Athletes Outpace Students at Large


FROM THE NOVEMBER 2, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Investment Returns and Spending Rates at The Biggest Endowments
TABLE: Average Annual Investment Returns and Spending Rates
TABLE: A Portrait of 2 Endowments
TABLE: An Amassing of Wealth
Related article: Pressure Builds on Wealthy Colleges to Spend More of Their Assets

TABLE: Average College Costs, 2007-8
DATABASE: Tuition and Fees, 2007-8
Related article: Student Aid Is Up, but College Costs Have Risen Faster, Surveys Find


FROM THE OCTOBER 26, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLES: Top Producers of Fulbright Awards for U.S. Students by Type of Institution, 2007-8
Countries Sending Most Fulbright Students to U.S., 2007-8
Countries Sending Most Fulbright Scholars to U.S., 2007-8

Related article: New Fulbright Grant Brings Scientists to U.S.


FROM THE OCTOBER 19, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: 5 States That May Soon Be Affirmative-Action Battlegrounds
Related article: 5 More States May Curtail Affirmative Action

TABLE: The Political Orientation of American Professors
Related article: Few Conservatives but Many Centrists Teach in Academe

TABLE: Combining Forces in New York
Related article: 2 New York City Institutions Vote to Merge


FROM THE OCTOBER 5, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Top Institutions in Federal Research-and-Development Expenditures, 2006
Related article: Federal Spending on Research Trailed Inflation in 2006

TABLE: Fund Raising for Athletics in 6 Major Conferences
Related article: Growth in Sports Gifts May Mean Fewer Academic Donations


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 28, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Athletics Infractions on the Rise
Related article: NCAA Says Infractions Cases Will Reach Record High This Year

TABLE: Growing Enrollments of International Students
Related article: How Much English Is Too Much?

DATABASE: Race and ethnicity of faculty members at 1,300 colleges, with the totatl percentage of minority professors at each campus


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 21, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Age of Scientists With Major NIH Grants
GRAPHIC: Initial Employment of Physics Ph.D.'s, 1979-2004
Related article: The Real Science Crisis: Bleak Prospects for Young Researchers


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Institutions that had their bond ratings upgraded or downgraded during August 2007

TABLE: Part-Timers Struggle to Finish

TABLE: Rapid Growth
Related article: Saudi Arabia Puts Its Billions Behind Western-Style Higher Education


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 7, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Subsidies to Lenders Increase
Related article: Lenders Pulled $3.5-Billion Through a Loophole

GRAPHIC: Reputational Survey Shrinks
Related article: The 'U.S. News' Rankings Roll On

GRAPHIC: Behind the Screens: On-Campus and Off-Campus File Sharing
Related article: The First Close Look at Colleges' Digital Pirates

TABLE: The Matchup
Related article: Ah, the Pageantry ... and the Blowout


FROM THE AUGUST 31, 2007, ISSUE:

THE ALMANAC

The Chronicle's 2007-8 Almanac of Higher Education is now online. It includes national and state-by-state data on colleges and universities and their students, faculty and staff members, and finances. Highlights:

Profiles and data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

National data on college enrollment trends, faculty salaries, enrollments, test scores, degrees awarded, tuition and fees, spending on research and development, student aid, and more.


FROM THE AUGUST 17, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: A College's Transformation
Related article: A Calculated Gamble Pays Off

TABLE: A New Source of Foreign Students in Australia
Related article: Middle Eastern Students Shut Out of the U.S. Turn to Australia and New Zealand

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education


FROM THE AUGUST 10, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Biggest Anonymous Donations to Higher Education This Year
Related article: What's in a Name? Lately, Not Much


FROM THE AUGUST 3, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Ward Churchill by the Numbers
Related article: Colo. Regents Vote to Fire Ward Churchill

TABLE: A Sampling of Private-Equity Deals Since January 2006
Related article: Private-Equity Juggernaut Rolls Through Higher Education


FROM THE JULY 27, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: The Path to a Ph.D: Completion by Field
Related article: In Humanities, 10 Years May Not Be Enough to Get a Ph.D.

FROM THE JULY 13, 2007, ISSUE:

LIST: Rand Grant Universities
Related article: Advocates of Objectivism Make New Inroads

TABLE: State Support For Student Aid, 2005-6
Related article: Inflation Eats Into Recent Growth in State Spending on Student Aid


FROM THE JULY 6, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: School-And-College Team Gets Results
Related article: In California, an Unusual Partnership Expands the College Track

TEXT BOX: Success With Female Donors
Related article: Courting Female Donors


FROM THE JUNE 29, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPH: 2 Measures of Internet Trouble
Related article: Can the Internet Be Saved?

TABLE: Leaders in Providing Athletics Opportunities for Women
TABLE: Institutions That Fall Short
TABLE: How Women Fare in the Top Athletics Departments
Related article: Title IX Enforcement Called 'Deeply Troubling'


FROM THE JUNE 22, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPH: More Recruits, More Money
TABLE: Who are the Teachers?
TABLE: The Teach For America Pipeline
Related article: Elite Company


FROM THE JUNE 15, 2007, ISSUE:

LIST: Key Provisions of the Student Debt Relief Act
Related article: Congress Considers Linking Student-Loan Terms to Income

CHART: Where the Concussions Are
Related article: The Science of Hard Knocks


FROM THE JUNE 8, 2007, ISSUE:

CHART: Yesterday's Students vs. Today's

CHART: Learning For the Long Term
Related article: You Will be Tested on This

TABLE: Where Tribal Colleges are Located
Related article: Tribal Colleges Reach Beyond the Tribe

LIST: Bosnia's Universities
Related article: Nationalist Politics Block Reforms at Bosnia's Universities


FROM THE JUNE 1, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Chief Financial Officers' Pay on the Rise
Related article: College CFO's Outpace Other Leaders in Pay Raises

CHART: Fitness for medical school
CHART: Race, ethnicity, and undergraduate grades
Related article: What Color Is an A?


FROM THE MAY 25, 2007, ISSUE:

DATABASE: U.S. News Rankings Through the Years
TABLE: The fall of public universities
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS:
How to win the game
Institutional snapshots of 17 years of U.S. News rankings
Related article: Playing the Rankings Game

TABLE: The formula
Related article: Rankings Methodology Hurts Public Institutions


FROM THE MAY 11, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Where College Trustees Differ: Public vs. Private Colleges
Related article: Trustees: More Willing Than Ready

TABLE: Where College Presidents and Trustees Differ
TABLE: Where College Trustees Differ: Men vs. Women
Related article: For Trustees, Faith in College Presidents Lies at the Heart of Good Relationships

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Survey of Trustees of 4-Year Colleges

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

TABLE: Teams facing penalties
Related article: NCAA Ruling on Preparatory Schools Could Send More Athletes to Junior Colleges


FROM THE MAY 4, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPH: More Women's Teams, but More Male Coaches
Related article: Where Have All the Women Gone?


FROM THE APRIL 27, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPH: Total enrollments in key foreign languages
Related article: A Failure to Communicate

GRAPH: Number of students who enroll only online
Related article: Distance Education Goes Public


FROM THE APRIL 20, 2007, ISSUE:

DATABASE: AAUP faculty salary survey
TABLE: What professors earn
TABLE: Where professors earn the most
Related article: For the First Time in 3 Years, Faculty Salaries Beat Inflation

GRAPHIC: Biofuels by the numbers
MAP: Where will the U.S. grow its biofuels?
Related article: The Big Deals in Biofuels


FROM THE APRIL 13, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPHIC: How It Works
Related article: From Embryo to Treatment, a Long Path for Stem Cells

TABLE: Tuition Breaks for Illegal Immigrants
Related article: State Legislatures Debate Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

BIO: Freeman A. Hrabowski III
LIST: Long-Serving College Presidents
Related article: 'Still Young Enough to Be Hungry'

GRAPH: By The Numbers
Related article: Mapping the Misunderstood Population of Adult Students

TABLE: Here Are Five High-Profile Institutions Named on at Least One of the Lists, And What They Do to Combat Piracy
Related article: Students Take Cinematic License


FROM THE APRIL 6, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPHS: For black doctoral students, an education in debt
Related article: Trapped by Education


FROM THE MARCH 30, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Median Salaries of Midlevel College Administrative Workers by Job Category and Type of Institution, 2006-7
Related article: Midlevel Administrators See Median Pay Increase of 3.8%


FROM THE MARCH 23, 2007, ISSUE:

GRAPH: The growing demand for kidneys
TABLE: Some parts for sale
TABLE: Rewards for risk
Related article: The True Price of a Human Organ

TABLE: Student success at low-income-serving historically black colleges
Related article: A Historically Black College Takes a Hands-on Approach to Student Success

TABLE: Student success at public colleges that serve low-income students
Related article: In California, a Public Research University Succeeds Because Its Low-Income Students Do

TABLE: How NAIA and NCAA Compare
Related article: A Small Athletics Association Tries to Revamp Its Image


FROM THE MARCH 16, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Average faculty salaries by field and rank at 4-year colleges and universities, 2006-7
Related article: Salaries Rise 3.8 Percent for Professors

TABLE: Government oversight lessens for college workplaces
TABLE: How The Chronicle analyzed OSHA data
Related article: Accidents Rise on Campuses as Inspections Decline


FROM THE MARCH 9, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: A Guide to Presidential Libraries
Related article: When History Becomes Legacy

GRAPH: Higher education mines Wyoming's boom
Related article: Prospecting for Intellectual Gold

CHART: Updated compensation of public-college presidents, 2006-7
CHART:The highest-paid leaders of public universities, 2006-7
Related article: An Update on the 2006-7 Pay of Presidents at Public Institutions


FROM THE MARCH 2, 2007, ISSUE:

CHART: Annual percentage changes in giving to Higher Education
CHART: Where the money came from and how it was spent
TABLE: Giving by type and institution, 2005-6
TABLE: Top fund-raising institutions, 2005-6
Related article: Donations Increase for 3rd Year in a Row

TABLE: Licensing revenue and patent activity, 2005 fiscal year
Related article: Universities Report More Licensing Income but Fewer Start-Ups in 2005

TABLE: Median salaries of college administrators by job category and type of institution, 2006-7
Related article: Administrators' Pay Rises 4%, Beating Inflation for the 10th Consecutive Year

GRAPH: Computer usage by first-year students
TABLE: Apple is still gaining steam
Related article: Death of the Desktop

GRAPHIC: A week in India with Cornell U.
Related article: Cornell Courts a Subcontinent


FROM THE FEBRUARY 16, 2007, ISSUE:

TEXT: Changes in temperature, seas level and northern hemisphere snow cover
TABLE: The once and future climate
Related article: Scorched Earth

TABLE: Bush's Fiscal 2008 Budget for higher education and science
Related article: Bush's 2008 Budget: 'Robbing Peter to Pay Pell'

TABLE: NIH research grants
GRAPHIC: NIH and NSF budgets
Related article: Bush Research Budget Again Focuses on Physical Sciences

DATA: A profile of college presidents, 1986 and 2006
Related article: Presidents: Same Look, Different Decade

TABLE: Institutions that had their bond ratings upgraded or downgraded during January 2007


FROM THE FEBRUARY 9, 2007, ISSUE:

TEXT: Nevada's state of strife
Related article: Shooting From the Hip in Nevada

TABLE: Top institutions in federal research-and-development expenditures, 2005
Related article: Industry Support for Academic Research Rebounds in 2005, After 3-Year Slump

TIMELINE: Some notable moments in recorded life
Related article: On The Record, All the Time

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

TABLE: 2006 Freshman Merit Scholars


FROM THE FEBRUARY 2, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: Colleges with the most-satisfied young professors
Related article: Survey Identifies Colleges That Know How to Keep Junior Faculty Members Happy

TEXT: The 5 elements
Related article: Reading for Profit

TEXT: How 2 big gift ideas were hatched
Related article: What's the Big Idea?


FROM THE JANUARY 26, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLES: Performance of college endowments

DATABASE: College and university endowments
Related article: Endowments Celebrate a Streak

CHART: Women study, men play
CHART: Number of bachelor's degrees conferred, by gender and ethnicity, 1990-91 to 2003-4
TABLE: Undergraduates by age, ethnicity, and gender, 2003-4
Related article: The New Gender Divide

DATA: 2006-7 Freshman Survey
Related article: Freshmen Increasingly Talk Politics, Worry About Money, Survey Finds


FROM THE JANUARY 19, 2007, ISSUE:

TABLE: The 2005 legacy students at 3 colleges
Related article: When Legacies Are a College's Lifeblood


FROM THE JANUARY 12, 2007, ISSUE:

DATABASE: The 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
TABLE: Difference of opinion
TABLE: Top departments in 104 fields, as ranked by the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
TABLE: Top research universities in the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
TABLE: The top ten institutions in six aggregated fields, as ranked by the 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index
Related article: A New Standard for Measuring Doctoral Programs

CHART: Where will the doctors come from?
Related article: A Growth Spurt for Medical Schools


FROM THE JANUARY 5, 2007, ISSUE:

MAP: Budget outlook is stable in most states
TABLE: Are Democrats better for higher education?
Related article: As Democrats Take Over More States, College Leaders Grow Optimistic

CHARTS: Doubts about distance education
Related article: Employers Often Distrust Online Degrees

CHARTS: Does athletics participation affect college students' academic pursuits?
Related article: Athletes Question Effectiveness of NCAA Rule


FROM THE DECEMBER 15, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: State appropriations for higher education, 2006-7
TABLE: State appropriations: how the states rank
MAP: One-year changes in state appropriations for higher education
Related article: State Funds for Colleges Continue to Rebound

GRAPHIC: Trends in faculty status
TABLE: How many are outside the tenure system?
Related article: Tracking the Invisible Faculty

LIST: The new e-book readers
Related article: Even With Improved Screens, e-Book Devices Not Ready for College


FROM THE DECEMBER 8, 2006, ISSUE:

AUDIO: Listen to an excerpt from a conversation between Michael Bérubé and David Horowitz.
Related article: Breaking Bread: Horowitz vs. Bérubé

TIMELINE: A trip through modern research on hallucinogens
Related article: Researchers Explore New Visions for Hallucinogens

LIST: Colleges cited for nuclear-safety slips
LIST: Reactors converted to avoid the use of weapons-grade uranium
Related article: Campus Nuclear Reactors Draw Scrutiny

LIST: Some withdrawn pledges: lots of flash, little cash
Related article: When Good Gifts Go Bad

TEXT: How to use Skype
Related article: Professors and Students Ask Colleges Not to Hang Up on Skype

SLIDESHOW: A coach's secrets
Related article: A Coach's Secrets


FROM THE DECEMBER 1, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: Characteristics of recipients of earned doctorates, 2005
Related article: Driven by Foreign Students, Doctoral Degrees Are Up 2.9% in 2005

INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: How colleges use Web-search results to attract students
Related article: Marketing, the For-Profit Way

GRAPHIC: Student engagement at community colleges, 2006
Related article: 2-Year-College Students Rarely Use Advisers, Survey Shows


FROM THE NOVEMBER 24, 2006, ISSUE:

DATABASE: Compensation of presidents at 183 public institutions, 670 private colleges, 114 specialized institutions, and 33 major higher-education associations
Related article: The Million-Dollar President, Soon to Be Commonplace?

TABLES & GRAPHICS: Pay brackets of public-university presidents; the highest-paid leaders of public universities; private-university presidents with top annual compensation, 2004-5; what private-college presidents earn; and top 10: public-university presidents by pay categories, 2006-7
Related article: The Bottom Line for College Presidents: Money Matters

TABLE & LIST: Leaders in total annual compensation at private colleges, 2004-5; Leaders in total annual compensation at private, special-focus institutions
Related article: High Pay Makes Headlines

GRAPHICS: Private-university presidents in top pay brackets, 2005; trends in the median compensation of private-college presidents
Related article: The University of California's Leader Responds to Media Scrutiny on Pay

TABLE: By the numbers: how higher education has changed In 40 years
Related article: A 40-Year Chronicle of Higher Education

TABLE: Campus chief executives choose their favorite pies
Related article: The Old College Pie


FROM THE NOVEMBER 17, 2006, ISSUE:

LIST: Results of state referenda related to higher education
Related article: State Spending Limits Are Defeated, but Debate May Not Be Over

GRAPHIC: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

LIST: Electronic voting on the rise
Related article: Hoping to Avoid Election-Day Glitches, One County Calls in the Computer Scientists

TABLE: What college students do
Related article: Underrepresented Students Benefit Most From 'Engagement'

TABLES: Foreign enrollments; countries with the most students in the U.S., 2005-6; U.S. colleges with the most international students, 2005-6; global competition; foreign students in the U.S.: A snapshot of Fall 2006
Related article: Enrollment of Foreign Students Holds Steady

TABLE: Top 2004-5 destinations for U.S. students
Related article: Number of U.S. Students Abroad Rose 8% in 2004, Report Says


FROM THE NOVEMBER 10, 2006, ISSUE:

GRAPHIC: Picturing historical data
Related article: With Digital Maps, Historians Chart a New Way Into the Past


FROM THE NOVEMBER 3, 2006, ISSUE:

GRAPHICS: Gender of full-time faculty members by tenure status and type of institution; gender of faculty members by employment status and type of institution; gender of full professors, by type of institution; among full-time faculty members, women's average salary as a percent of men's, by rank and type of institution
Related article: AAUP Report Blames Colleges for Gender Inequity Among Professors

MAP & TABLE: Educational disparities among counties; rural and urban communities often fall behind in education
Related article: The Geographic Have-Nots: Urban Centers and Rural Regions

MAP: The outcomes of governors' races in several states could play a significant role in the direction of their higher-education policies.

DATABASE: Tuition and fees are more than 3,200 colleges
Related article: Public Colleges See Slower Rise in Fees: 6.3% in a Year


FROM THE OCTOBER 27, 2006, ISSUE:

GRAPHIC: How viral genes become part of our DNA
Related article: The Fossil Virus Within Us

LIST: What remains of medical training in New Orleans, post-Katrina
Related article: The Battle of New Orleans's Medical Students

LIST & TEXT: How to be a Wikipedian and grading Wikipedia
Related article: Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?


FROM THE OCTOBER 20, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: Higher-education appropriations in states that will vote on spending caps
Related article: Oregon Colleges Prepare for Spending Cap

TABLES: Top producers of Fulbright awards for U.S. students, by type of institution, 2006-7 and countries that sent the most Fulbright students to the U.S., 2006-7
Related article: Fulbright Steps Up Language Training


FROM THE OCTOBER 13, 2006, ISSUE:

TIMELINE: Iran: A Century of Tumult
Related article: A Collision of Prose and Politics

TABLE: The science of recruiting
Related article: The Power and Peril of Admissions Data

TABLE: Women lost in the pipeline
Related article: A Steep Hill to Climb

TABLE: Institutions that had their bond ratings upgraded or downgraded during September 2006


FROM THE OCTOBER 6, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: How Rio Salado's faculty-adjunct ratio stacks up
Related article: The Few, the Proud, the Professors

GRAPHIC: Less hope for private institutions
Related article: It's Hard to Compete With Free

TABLE: Teams' graduation rates rise
Related article: As Graduation Rates Rise, So Do Fears of Academic Shortcuts


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 29, 2006, ISSUE:

GRAPHICS & TABLE: Data show trends in the number of doctorates received by women and minorities
Related articles: A special supplement on diversity in academic careers

BIOGRAPHY: Robert C. Khayat, chancellor of the U. of Mississippi
GRAPHICS: The transformation of Ole Miss
Related article: Ole Miss Embraces Its Painful Past to Move Forward

TIMELINE: Security breaches and their aftermath
Related article: 'More Holes Than a Pound of Swiss Cheese'

TEXT: Facts about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Related article: An Unwelcome Visitor in the Locker Room


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 22, 2006, ISSUE:

TIMELINE: Progress of a Congressional committee's investigations of nonprofit groups
Related article: Congress Broadens an Investigation of College Sports

GRAPHIC: How private student loans are growing
Related article: As the Volume of Private Loans Soars, Students Feel the Pinch

LIST: What they're reading on college campuses


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLES: How the states performed, and how the U.S stacks up internationally
Related article: Report Card on Colleges Finds U.S. Is Slipping

FACTS: A snapshot of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and stem-cell research: a vexing issue for states
Related article: A Tight Grip on Tech Transfer

LIST: How a blog helped sink a college presidency
Related article: Attack of the Blog

LIST: Statistics about American Indians' enrollment at postsecondary institutions
Related article: Colleges Reach Out to American Indians

TABLE: Institutions that had their bond ratings upgraded or downgraded during August 2006


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 8, 2006, ISSUE:

CHART: Temperature vs. year
Related article: Climate Science on Trial

TABLE: Science education for economic competitiveness
Related article: Bills to Train More Scientists Go Down to the Wire

TABLE: The growing gap in private giving at public colleges
Related article: In the Same State, Yet Worlds Apart

TABLE: 2006 SAT scores
Related article: SAT Scores See Largest Dip in 31 Years


FROM THE SEPTEMBER 1, 2006, ISSUE:

LIST: Looming retirements at 3 institutions
Related article: Boomers' Retirement May Create Talent Squeeze


FROM THE AUGUST 25, 2006, ISSUE:

THE ALMANAC

The Chronicle's 2006-7 Almanac of Higher Education is now online. It includes national and state-by-state data on colleges and universities and their students, faculty and staff members, and finances. Highlights:

Profiles and data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

National data on college enrollment trends, faculty salaries, enrollments, test scores, degrees awarded, tuition and fees, spending on research and development, student aid, and more.


FROM THE AUGUST 11, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: A few of the biggest spenders during the 2005-6 legislative session
Related article: Disputes Over Regulating For-Profit Colleges Come to a Head in California

CHARTS: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

TABLE: Institutions that had their bond ratings upgraded or downgraded during July 2006.


FROM THE AUGUST 4, 2006, ISSUE:

MAP: States that have introduced or passed laws that offer veterans reduced or free tuition at public colleges
Related article: States Expand Tuition Benefits for Veterans


FROM THE JULY 28, 2006, ISSUE:

MAP: States with term limits, states with term limits that are not yet in effect, and states that have repealed term limits
Related article: The Problem With Term Limits

TABLE: How women fare in the top athletics departments
TABLE: Leaders in providing athletics opportunities for women
TABLE: Institutions that fall short
DATABASE: Gender-equity information about 1,978 institutions from the NCAA and the NAIA, as well as other four-year institutions and community colleges
Related article: Crying Foul Over Postseason Opportunities


FROM THE JULY 21, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: Tenure rates for men and women at 10 research universities
Related article: Just Half of Professors Earn Tenure in 7 Years, Penn State Study Finds

MAP: States eligible to receive special grants
TABLE: Research fund share for states that entered the program from 1980 to 2000
Related article: The Stubborn Geographic Gap in Research

TABLE: Participation in several charitable endeavors in Africa
Related article: Can Technology Save the Developing World?


FROM THE JULY 14, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLES: Top 5 college lenders of 2005 and new college lenders
Related article: Colleges Find a Way to Keep Profiting From Loans

TEXT: Bond-Rating Update


FROM THE JULY 7, 2006, ISSUE:

CHART: Military spending on tuition assistance
LIST: Institutions with contracts for overseas military education
CHART: Who makes the most from the army
Related article: The Military Market

TABLE: Leaders in bringing athletes back
Related article: A Classroom Comeback


FROM THE JUNE 23, 2006, ISSUE:

MAP: Most states expect revenue above budget this fiscal year
Related article: States Are Flush With Cash, but Colleges Face Competition for the Money

LIST: Presidents under fire in 2006
Related article: Crisis of Confidence


FROM THE JUNE 16, 2006, ISSUE:

CHARTS: Are professors paid the right amount?
Tenure, academic freedom, and the public
Perceptions of academe
Putting bias in perspective
Confidence and prestige gaps
Related article: Poll Finds the Public Opposes Government Interference in Academe

LIST: Universities that participate in the controversial study of a blood substitute, PolyHeme
Related article: Artificial-Blood Study Has Critics Seeing Red

LIST: The broad network of SUNY campuses
Related article: A New Leader Navigates SUNY's Stormy Seas

LIST: SUNY at Stony Brook: facts and figures
Related article: Feisty President at SUNY Stonybrook Has Led a Makeover of 'Mudville'

TEXT: Bond-Rating Update


FROM THE JUNE 9, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: A Squeeze on Working-Class Students
Related article: Working-Class Students Feel the Pinch

TABLE: 2-Year colleges that collect data on themselves
Related article: A Mirror on 2-Year Colleges

TABLE: What students look for in picking a college
Related article: Facilities Play a Key Role in Students' Enrollment Decisions, Study Finds


FROM THE MAY 26, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: NASA science spending
Related article: Rough Flight Path for NASA Science

CHART: Smaller classes in New Orleans
Related article: Tulane U. Sets the Pace for Recovery

CHART: Median pay of college lawyers, 2005-6
Related article: Survey Finds Top-Paid Higher-Education Lawyers Are at Private Colleges and Research Universities

CHART: Colleges' policies toward pregnant athletes
Related article: What Athletes Can Expect When They're Expecting


FROM THE MAY 19, 2006, ISSUE:

CHARTS: The Chronicle Index of For-Profit Higher Education

CHART: The ballooning of China's higher-education system
Related article: The Long Road Ahead for China's Universities

CHART: Recent allegations of academic fraud in China
Related article: Plagued by Plagiarism


FROM THE MAY 12, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: Enrolling Needy Students: How the Wealthiest Colleges Perform
TEXT: Colleges that succeed in attracting needy students
Related article: Elite Colleges Lag in Serving the Needy

CHART: Student-aid snapshot: U. of Virginia
Related article: Well-Heeled U. of Virginia Tries to Balance Access With Prestige

TABLE: Student-Aid Snapshot: Smith College
Related article: At Smith College, a Mission to Serve the Underserved

TABLE: A national pool of high-achieving, low-income applicants
Related article: A Matchmaker for Elite Colleges

TABLE: Top Institutions in Federal Research-and-Development Expenditures, 2004
Related article: Industry Support for Academic Research Falls, but Federal Aid Rises

TABLE: How the NCAA's Mascot Ruling Has Affected 19 Colleges
Related article: Mascot Dispute Escalates


FROM THE MAY 5, 2006, ISSUE:

CHART: Proportion of women getting doctorates in the sciences from liberal-arts colleges and research universities
Related article: A Hothouse for Female Scientists

CHART: Differences in revenue and spending
Related article: Why For-Profit Colleges Are Like Health Clubs


FROM THE APRIL 28, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: Professors' salaries adjusted to account for high costs of living
TABLE: Where Professors Earn the Most
TABLE: Average salaries for full-time faculty members, 2005-6
TABLE: Average faculty salaries for men and women by rank, 2005-6
CHARTS: Annual percentage changes in salaries of full-time faculty members
CHART: Faculty pay and the cost of living
Related article: Where the Living Is Easy

CHART: How Kentucky compares with the 20th-ranked institution
Related article: Big Dreams  in the Bluegrass State

MULTIMEDIA: Spectrograms that illustrate the sounds of an elephant in the Central African Republic and the flagpole at Hillside
Related article: The Sounds of Science

DATABASE: View The Chronicle's database of new campus architecture, or submit information on your institution
Related article: New Campus Architecture: a Sampling


FROM THE APRIL 21, 2006, ISSUE:

TABLE: The University of California system again received more patents than any other university
Related article: California System Leads in Patents Granted to Universities for 12th Year in a Row

TEXT: How t