Next week's visit to the United States by Pope Benedict XVI has created anticipation — and anxiety — among the leaders of Roman Catholic higher education in this country. In interviews, four of those leaders present their views.
The Education Department's hasty drive to draft rules for a lender-of-last-resort system is one example of the ways in which the world of student loans has been turned upside down.
In his latest work, the playwright Itamar Moses engagingly explores personal and aesthetic trickery, writes Julia M. Klein. Itamar Moses (above), at the New York Theatre Workshop in 2005 (Photograph by Ruby Washington, The New York Times)
Hitching's Hitches and Niches: Books on white weddings, Commie-fighting housewives of the 1950s, and tough career and family choices facing women today.
Among other observances on the campus, friends of Reema Joseph Samaha, one of the students killed last April, placed a baseball cap and a rose in her honor. See a related article and a slide show of Wednesday's events. (Photograph by Rob Carr, AP Images)
The Brown Bag: Kevin Roberts, chief information officer at Abilene Christian University, will talk about his decision to give away iPhones and switch to Google e-mail — and whether other colleges can learn from his experiences. Join us for a live online discussion on Thursday, April 24, at 12 noon U.S. Eastern time.
The Chronicle's annual survey on presidential pay shows compensation increasing fastest at the largest institutions. This special supplement includes searchable databases showing the pay and benefits for presidents at hundreds of colleges and universities.
A Year of Slower Growth
Foundation assets and giving both rose in 2007 but grew more slowly than in previous years, according to the annual Chronicle survey of the largest grant makers in the United States.
Stupid Application Tricks Gene C. Fant Jr. invites readers to share their tricks for making their applications stand out.
Low Faculty Salaries in History, and Other Reading A department head explains how he assigns raises; why it's impossible to avoid jerks in the workplace; tough times at the University of Louisville; and other news.
Employer ProfilesIn-depth information for job candidates, provided by employers.
Virginia Tech invoked "Hokie spirit" in recovering from the mass shootings on the campus in April 2007. Some marketing experts see the strategy as a wise one.
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At cash-strapped public institutions like the University of Wisconsin at Madison, professors are being wooed away by competitors offering higher pay and better terms.
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Despite a settlement with New York's attorney general, Sallie Mae continues to play host to the online presence of a few colleges' student-aid operations.more...
Advocates for electronic portfolios of students' work say the systems can provide data to satisfy lawmakers' and accreditors' demands for accountability from colleges.
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Israeli, Palestinian, and American archaeologists have unveiled a draft agreement on archaeological and cultural heritage that they hope to see included in an eventual Middle East peace agreement.
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Varied levels of unhappiness, mental illness, and potential for violence exist among college students, writes Morton M. Silverman, and there are good models to address them all.
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