June 2007 - Posts

• Supreme Court leaves affirmative-action precedents intact in striking down school-integration plans

  Despite striking down two voluntary school-integration plans in a 5-to-4 ruling on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court left solidly intact its precedents dealing with affirmative action in higher education. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Senate aide finds suspicious and skeptical audience in forum on accreditation issues

  As the U.S. Senate takes a more active role in the debate over how to revise the college-accreditation process, it runs into some of the same opposition that the secretary of education encountered. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Congress may radically change how student-loan subsidies are set

  Congress is considering a plan that would require lenders to compete for the right to make federally guaranteed student loans through bids on the government subsidy they would accept. The idea has its critics but is gathering steam amid reports of abuses... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• At annual meeting, college lawyers focus on communicating in a crisis

  At a gathering of college lawyers this week, discussion topics have included how administrators should communicate and coordinate in the event of a campus crisis. One speaker's advice: Avoid e-mail, because messages may "come back to haunt you." (for... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Community-college leaders discuss issues stemming from federal commission's report

  Community-college officials gathered in Washington on Thursday to give the U.S. Education Department feedback on recommendations made by the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• 2 presidents of colleges in Alabama's troubled 2-year system resign

  The presidents of two community colleges in Alabama's scandal-plagued two-year-college system are resigning amid federal and state investigations into financial dealings at their institutions. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• State Digest: Blacks enroll in colleges in South in proportion to their numbers, and other news from the states

  For the first time, black residents of the South are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the region's population as a whole, according to a report released on Monday. For details and other news from the states, see State Digest. (for... Posted Jun 28 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• CIA documents shed more light on agency's interest in student dissenters

  The Central Intelligence Agency's release on Tuesday of more than 700 documents detailing some of its most closely guarded secrets shed a bit more light on the agency's early interest in student dissenters. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Report faults states' oversight of teacher education and questions accreditation as a gauge of quality

  State policy makers are more important than their federal counterparts in determining the quality of teacher-education programs, says a new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality. But the states are doing a pretty bad job, it adds. (for subscribers... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Company challenges dominance of the Common Application, pledging access to wider applicant pool

  A for-profit company has introduced a product to compete with the Common Application and has already attracted 13 clients, including Harvard and Princeton Universities. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Florida governor shocks universities by dropping threat to veto tuition increase

  In a surprising reversal, Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida said on Wednesday that he would allow the University of Florida and two of the state's other top research universities to raise tuition by as much as 40 percent over the next several years. (for... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Part-time students are at an educational disadvantage, federal report says

  Students who attend college part time are at a disadvantage relative to their full-time peers, according to a report released on Wednesday by an arm of the U.S. Department of Education. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Career colleges release first-ever economic-impact study

  The Career College Association has released a new economic-impact study that says the nation's 2,700 for-profit career colleges directly contribute more than $18-billion annually to the American economy. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 27 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Several universities are among partners on new federal biofuel grants

  Several universities will be major partners in three new research centers devoted to studying new techniques for producing ethanol and other biofuels, the U.S. Department of Energy announced on Tuesday. (for subscribers) Read More... Posted Jun 26 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Jet set: Sallie Mae's plane was fine for Senator Kennedy before lender controversy took the spotlight

  Sen. Edward M. Kennedy recently castigated student-loan companies for providing college administrators with free airline travel and other benefits, but didn't mention that he — like other lawmakers — had accepted cut-rate air travel from Sallie... Posted Jun 26 2007, 07:00 PM by Chronicle.com - Today's News