March 2007 - Posts

• House Republicans fear Democrats will use deficit-cutting measure to advance direct lending

  Buried in a spending measure that passed the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday is a provision that could thwart Republican efforts to scuttle legislation aimed at bolstering the direct-loan program. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Indictments for corruption handed down in N.J. medical-school case

  A federal grand jury on Thursday handed down the first indictments in the continuing investigation into fraud and abuse at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, bringing corruption charges against a powerful state senator and the former... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Ithaca College suspends one of its study-abroad providers

  Ithaca College has suspended its use of the School for International Training, an independent provider of study-abroad programs. The move, which was effective on March 15, followed a complaint by an Ithaca student about her treatment when she was studying... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• State Digest: a bid to expand eligibility for Georgia's HOPE scholarship, and other news from the states

  Georgia legislators are moving legislation that would make more students eligible for the state's merit-based HOPE Scholarships. Ohio's governor has proposed steep cuts for a state program that provides aid to residents who attend private colleges in... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Russian Academy of Sciences defies government bid to take away its autonomy

  The Russian Academy of Sciences put itself on a collision course with the government on Wednesday when it refused to adopt any of the provisions suggested for its charter by the Ministry of Education and Science, (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• British government urges universities to do more to combat anti-Semitism on campuses

  In a new report, the British government expresses concern over a "rising tide of anti-Semitic discourse and anti-Semitism on university campuses" and asks universities to do a better job of dealing with the problem. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Spain grants universities more freedom in faculty hiring

  Spain's parliament passed a law on Thursday that will give universities greater autonomy in faculty hiring but that critics say will foment academic inbreeding, long a controversial feature of Spanish higher education. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Mar 29 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Accreditors and Education Department at impasse after 2nd negotiating round

  The Education Department finished on Wednesday a second round of negotiations with accreditors and college officials, with little agreement to show for it. Negotiators remained deadlocked over the two main areas of controversy, which involve setting learning... Posted Mar 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Education Dept. steps up scrutiny of deals between colleges and lenders

  Amid growing public attention to how colleges choose the lenders that they recommend to their students, the U.S. Department of Education has stepped up its scrutiny of any agreements between the colleges and student-loan companies. In addition to putting... Posted Mar 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Faculty union sues to disrupt plan that would privatize a SUNY teaching hospital

  A plan to privatize the State University of New York Upstate Medical University — or at least its teaching hospital — prompted a union to file a lawsuit this week challenging its legality and warning that medical education and patient care... Posted Mar 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Ohio U. revokes a degree for first time in investigation of plagiarism in engineering theses

  Ohio University announced on Wednesday that it has revoked the master's degree of a former mechanical-engineering student who was accused of plagiarizing his thesis. The action is, to date, the harshest penalty issued to any of the engineering graduates... Posted Mar 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Embattled New Jersey medical school names new president

  The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, which faces a host of investigations into fiscal irregularities and possible Medicaid fraud, has named William F. Owen Jr., chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, as its... Posted Mar 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Education Dept. should have high-ranking official to oversee foreign-language study, report says

  The U.S. Department of Education needs a high-ranking official to oversee its efforts to dramatically expand Americans' proficiency in foreign languages and knowledge of international affairs, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National... Posted Mar 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Indiana U. Press withdraws book, saying it insufficiently acknowledges another author's work

  Indiana University Press has withdrawn a biography of piano virtuoso Vladimir de Pachmann, saying that the volume "does not sufficiently acknowledge the intellectual debt it owes" to the work of another biographer whose work remains unpublished. (for... Posted Mar 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Presidents of 4 American universities in the Mideast stump for more U.S. support

  The heads of four American liberal-arts universities in the Middle East are visiting Washington and New York this week to present a simple message: Don't forget about us. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Mar 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News