November 2008 - Posts

• Gains in International Students Help Berkeley Fill Budget Gap

  The University of California at Berkeley tripled the number of such students in this year's freshman class, for educational reasons and to increase tuition revenue. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Niche Colleges May Fare Worse in Poor Economy, Researcher Says

  Women's, historically black, and Catholic colleges are less popular choices among high-school students than their public and private counterparts, a study found. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Scholars Weigh Merits of Western-Style Universities in Persian Gulf

  The new institutions are not adequately transmitting the region's heritage, said a speaker at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• NCAA Places Indiana U. on 3-Year Probation For Recruiting Violations

  An NCAA committee found that two men's basketball coaches at the university made more than 100 impermissible telephone calls to recruits. Read More... Posted Nov 26 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Two Wins for Myron Rolle—and Florida State

  The university made sure that Mr. Rolle, who had his final interview for a Rhodes scholarship on Saturday, got what he gets before every big game: plenty of practice. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Hopes for Israeli-Palestinian Harmony? Not Many, Scholars Say

  Panelists at a session of the Middle East Studies Association said the window of opportunity for creating such harmony is closing quickly. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• African Universities Face a Looming Shortage of Ph.D.'s

  The institutions are rapidly losing their faculty members to retirement and industry, and their capacity to educate new Ph.D. holders is eroding, educators said at a conference on Monday. Read More... Posted Nov 25 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Anthropologists to Vote on New Ethical Rules on Work With Military

  The proposed revisions in the American Anthropological Association's code of ethics would ban clandestine research. Read More... Posted Nov 24 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Middle-East Scholars Hear of Academic Repression in Iraq and Iran

  Two exiled scholars from Iraq and Iran called on members of the Middle East Studies Association to do more to promote academic freedom in their region. Read More... Posted Nov 24 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• 2 More U.S. Institutions Join Those Fielding Rhodes Scholars

  This year, for the first time, students from Augsburg College, in Minnesota, and Santa Clara University, in California, won the honor. Read More... Posted Nov 24 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• A Doubly Victorious Day for a Florida State Scholar and Athlete

  Read More... Posted Nov 24 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• U. of Kansas Sues NIH to Gain Credit for Patents Used in Anticancer Drug

  The university wants recognition and compensation for the years of work it says two of its researchers contributed to developing a lucrative anticancer drug. Read More... Posted Nov 21 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Student Lenders Get More Federal Aid, But College Groups Opposes Major New Expansion

  The Bush administration is offering a new rescue provision to lenders to make sure student loans are available in the spring. Meanwhile, nine higher-education and consumer groups sent a letter opposing another effort to help issuers of private student... Posted Nov 21 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Mississippi Supreme Court Says College Can Cut Ties With Alumnae Group

  The ruling reverses a lower court's decision in the case, which was brought after the university's president and the alumni organization clashed on several issues. Read More... Posted Nov 21 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

• Most Americans, Including College Graduates, Flunk 'Civic Literacy,' Group Says

  Nearly three-quarters of American adults who took a 33-question multiple-choice test on U.S. history and its institutions failed, says the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. Read More... Posted Nov 21 2008, 09:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News