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Monday, May 12, 2008 |
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Struggling Towns Turn to Small Private Colleges
In economically troubled areas, small private colleges help generate development projects in large part as a matter of survival. More NewsEndowment-Spending Talk Draws a Crowd of Tax Lawyers Learned Societies' Gathering Delves Into Political and Publishing Challenges Researchers Look Beyond Genetics to Help Doctors Predict Disease Militia Battles in Lebanon Rewrite Universities' Lesson Plans The Chronicle Review
Epically Intimate
A female translator takes on Virgil's quintessentially manly classic, the Aeneid. Reviews of Shakespeare's Wife, by Germaine Greer. Brainstorm: Lives of the MindStephen Joel Trachtenberg Laurie Fendrich 
Struggling Communities Turn to Small Private Colleges
Small, liberal-arts institutions are playing a greater role as economic engines. Above, the Rev. Thomas J. O'Hara, president of King's College, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., visits a property that the college has joined in redeveloping. (Photograph by Michael Williamson) Chronicle Blogs(All times Eastern)
A Library Addition at U. of Chicago Keeps Books Close UMass Under Renewed Pressure to Revoke Mugabe's Honorary Degree First Ph.D. in Philanthropy Is Awarded N.C. Community Colleges May Admit Illegal Immigrants, Federal Agency Says Robert Bork and Yale Club Settle $1-Million Lawsuit Out of Court Chairman of West Virginia U. Board Quits Post but Will Not Leave Board Discussion Forums
The Brown Bag: Read a transcript of an online discussion with Kevin Roberts, chief information officer at Abilene Christian University, about his decision to give away iPhones and switch to Google e-mail — and whether other colleges can learn from his experiences.
Also of InterestSpring Commencement SpeakersSee a list of commencement speakers scheduled to speak at colleges this spring, and submit your institution's speaker for inclusion in The Chronicle's searchable database. The Chronicle of PhilanthropyPutting Charity to the Test A guide to some of the best writing on the Web. |
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The rigid standards of hiring and tenure are all that stand in the way of the humanities professor as thriving public scholar, writes Patricia Nelson Limerick.
On HiringHuh? If I Were a Dog?! Dismissed for Flunking Students |
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