A small campus of an American university located in Vienna, Austria, which has typically focused on management courses, seeks to introduce a new kind of art program. Planners developed an art major with a sociological emphasis on visual culture. Students are given a chance to explore the images they are bombarded with every day and to gain new…

As states struggle to close deficits, direct taxpayer support to private colleges and student aid programs are in jeopardy in many states. Provides examples of reductions in state funds to private colleges and discusses the likelihood that increases in student grants will not make up the difference for private colleges. (SLD)

Provides descriptions of the policies and practices that enabled six colleges, once in danger of closing, to achieve turnarounds and regain financial health. The institutions profiled are: (1) Rocky Mountain College, Montana; (2) Bellevue University, Washington; (3) Muskingum College, Ohio; (4) University of the Ozarks, Arkansas; (5) University of…

Colleges and universities are beginning to consider collaborating on open-source-code projects as a way to meet critical software and computing needs. Points out the attractive features of noncommercial open-source software and describes some examples in use now, especially for the creation of Web infrastructure. (SLD)

In several sections, explores how the quest for homeland security is changing academe. Discusses the FBI on campus, visa delays, government funding for antiterrorism research, educational programs in counterterrorism, and civil liberties. (EV)

Describes how, during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court over the University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policy, several justices indicated that they did not see any viable alternatives to the use of affirmative action in college admissions. (EV)

Describes how many companies are cutting back on once-generous software donations to cash-strapped colleges, and are seeking quid pro quos when they do give. (EV)

Describes how Eugene M. Lang, a philanthropist known for tackling large problems in education, is financing Project Pericles to encourage colleges to promote civic-mindedness among their students. (EV)

An annual survey shows that male professors still earn more than female professors for the same work. (EV)

Describes how Massachusetts' governor and the politically powerful head of the state university are grappling over a plan to revamp the system, reduce its budget, and do away with the president's job. (EV)

Discusses how some for-profit colleges are preventing lawsuits by using contracts that require arbitration to settle disputes. (EV)

Describes how George Mason University is using a high-tech building to lure professors into expanding their use of technology in teaching. (EV)

Discusses how the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is considering rules that would tie teams' participation to academic performance. (EV)

Describes how several colleges, trying to wrest the last weekday back from an expanded weekend, are altering class schedules and finding ways to encourage professors and students to use the day for academic purposes. (EV)

Describes how business schools are redesigning their curricula, forging closer ties with businesses, and giving students more freedom to customize their degrees. (EV)