Discusses how colleges in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are exploring ideas for changes in a variety of rules, but that a survey indicates a majority want to keep things fundamentally the same. (EV)

Describes how Scholars at Risk, a 3-year-old network, helps academics who face political persecution in their own countries to find safe homes elsewhere. (EV)

Describes how, with incentive-pay programs, a few colleges are letting it be known that what is good for the development office is good for the fund raisers themselves. (EV)

Asserting that the Internet2 network has transformed research, teaching, and online campus life, discusses how some colleges are wary of the cost, both of joining and of keeping pace with its technological advances. (EV)

Alcohol, drug, and weapons violations were up at colleges around the country, according to an annual analysis of data from almost 5,000 colleges. (EV)

Describes how, in a profile from the world of "tenure madness," a shoo-in at Brooklyn College almost got the boot instead. (EV)

Describes how a financial disaster involving Idaho's flagship university, its private foundation, and possible conflicts of interest has brought down a college president. (EV)

Describes how Graham B. Spanier, president of Pennsylvania State University, wants to end the dispute over file sharing on college campuses. One of his suggestions involves a deal with the music industry. (EV)

Discusses how, as a national advocacy group files the first of what it says will be many lawsuits over campus speech codes, colleges say their policies are being distorted beyond recognition. (EV)

Describes how Western academics, already growing scarce in Saudi Arabia, are leaving in greater numbers after the bombing in Riyadh. (EV)

A new salary survey highlights concerns about the growing pay gap between professional-school faculty members and everyone else. Offers a table of average faculty salaries by field at 4-year institutions. (EV)

Describes how, despite the rapidly growing demand for their programs in bad economic times, community colleges bear a disproportionate burden from state budget cutbacks. (EV)

Describes how Santa Clara University is trying to make budget committees more influential by making them less democratic. (EV)

Describes how students at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Simon Fraser University collaborated on a fashion show in cyberspace. (EV)

Discusses why for-profit colleges, with their career-oriented programs, appeal to many Hispanic, Asian, and black students. (EV)