Today's News

A lawsuit filed by a former medical student at Emory University who alleged that it neglected patients at its two teaching hospitals was dismissed last month by a Georgia judge who ruled summarily for the university.

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In an arrangement that raises questions about conflict of interest, the University of California at Irvine collects a bounty for sending students to an online for-profit institution.

The near poor outnumber the poor, include a fifth of the nation's children, and are largely absent from the national conversation on inequality, write Katherine S. Newman, a professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University, and Victor Tan Chen, a doctoral student in the sociology and social-policy program at Harvard University.

In Brief

INCOME IMBALANCE: Many public colleges won sizable increases in state money this year but still raised tuition substantially.

'WEST POINT' FOR CLASS WARS: John Edwards proposes a national university for teachers.

THAT'S NOT IT AT ALL: The under secretary of education tells accreditors that the Bush administration is disappointed by accusations that it is trying to control colleges.

SALLIE MAE SPURNED: The planned $25-billion takeover of Sallie Mae has been called off because a new law cuts federal subsidies to student-loan providers.

LAWSUITS BY STUDENTS, ALUMNAE, DONORS: The Supreme Court of Virginia said it would hear appeals in two cases involving Randolph College, which recently began enrolling men.

IN BRIEF: A roundup of higher-education news from the states.

THE APPEARANCE OF HELPFULNESS: Congress considers a change in a federal privacy law to encourage colleges to share information about deeply troubled students.

$30.03 BILLION: Federal spending on academic research did not keep pace with inflation in 2005-6, for the first time in nearly 25 years, says the National Science Foundation.

MONEY BACK? The acting director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences says he wants to restore funds to programs that his predecessor cut.

CASH CROP: North Dakota State University has put its support behind farmers in their effort to win the legal right to grow hemp.

IN THE HOUSE: A temporary law that relieves members of the armed forces from student-loan obligations may become permanent.

'COLLEGE NAVIGATOR': The Education Department has redesigned its public database of college information.