Chronicle of Higher Education

Using New Policy, Students Complain About Classroom Bias on 2 Pa. Campuses

Penn State and Temple Universities, using new policies, responded to students' complaints about what they said was left-wing ideology in their classes. Read More...

Posted Jul 23 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

Judge Denies Blackboard's Request to Find Rival in Contempt for Latest Software Release

In the continuing legal battle between two course-management-software providers, a federal judge said Desire2Learn was not in contempt of court for releasing a new version of a program that had been found to infringe its rival's patent. Read More...

Posted Jul 23 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

Analyzing How Students Choose Colleges Is Key Topic at Meeting of Planners

The annual meeting of college planners hears a Canadian consultant describe four varying "clusters" of prospective students and how they decide where to go. Read More...

Posted Jul 23 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

New Lobbying Rules Mean More Scrutiny for Colleges and Their Lobbyists

The rules require colleges and lobbyists to report their political contributions and how much money they have spent on events honoring members of Congress. Read More...

Posted Jul 22 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

Higher-Education Report Wins New York Governor's Support

The report, by the New York State Commission on Higher Education, lays out a plan to provide new low-interest student loans, and to recruit many more doctoral students and full-time faculty members to colleges in the state's public systems. Read More...

Posted Jul 22 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

Spellings Campaign Runs Low on Time and Power to Persuade

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has made another high-profile attempt to convince colleges that they risk painful government interventions if they don’t improve the quality of their programs and help more students find and afford them. Read More...

Posted Jul 21 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

U.S. Visa Data Suggest a Coming Rise in Foreign Enrollments

The number of foreign students coming to the United States this fall may increase over last year, particularly in undergraduate programs, according to visa figures and colleges' reports. Read More...

Posted Jul 21 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

Revisiting an Old Controversy, Purdue Finds Fusion Researcher Guilty of Misconduct

After clearing him last year, Purdue U. now says a professor of nuclear engineering is guilty of research misconduct for "bubble fusion" experiments. Read More...

Posted Jul 21 2008, 08:00 AM by Chronicle.com - Today's News

Worsening Economy Could Cause Trouble for Smaller Colleges

Moody's Investors Service foresees potential trouble for some institutions of higher education, particularly for small private colleges that draw locally, some community colleges, and regional or less-selective public institutions. Read More...