Admissions deans have perfected the wistful tone of regret. In rejection letters, they talk of wrestling with "difficult decisions" and having "so many more qualified applicants than space." To the rejected, those words often ring hollow. After all, the student remains excluded no matter what the reason. There is mounting evidence that top…

Administrators at Union College, worried that the Greek system that dominated the campus was harming the college's students and its reputation, attempted to redefine campus social life in 2000. However, instead of dissolving fraternities, the Union decided to make the Greek system part of a social experiment, working with members of fraternities…

The Bush administration is likely to call for more accountability and higher accreditation standards for colleges and universities, but many accrediting agencies and institutions of higher education oppose standardized measures, saying they can't evaluate complex institutions objectively. (SLD)

Describes how the growing field of risk management is helping colleges deal with a rising tide of costly litigation. (EV)