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50 Years of ERIC
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McMurtrie, Beth – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how, while many colleges have been hurt by the collapsing financial markets, theological schools are in a particularly tight spot. (EV)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Climate, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how for colleges, disposing of thousands of old computers each year is a problem demanding more attention as both recycling costs and environmental considerations grow. (EV)
Descriptors: Computers, Higher Education, Problems, Waste Disposal
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how college counselors are reporting that more students than ever are taking medications for depression and anxiety-related disorders. (EV)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances
Smallwood, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how, as adjunct professors flock to unions, they face a choice: Join with full-timers, gaining strength in numbers? Or go their own way, to keep an independent voice? (EV)
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Faculty Organizations, Higher Education
Brainard, Jeffrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses why some experts say the National Institutes of Health should do more to improve the lives of recent Ph.Ds in low-paying academic research jobs. (EV)
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Postdoctoral Education, Quality of Working Life, Research
Basinger, Julianne – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how Bob Kerrey, the former U.S. senator who runs New School University, is having fun defying his campus critics even as he eyes a run for the White House. (EV)
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, College Presidents, Higher Education
Olsen, Florence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how the potential effectiveness of Palladium, Microsoft's new approach to computer security, is worrying academics, who say it could allow publishers to dam the free flow of online information. (EV)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Electronic Publishing, Higher Education
Mangan, Katherine S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how the competition for top students for business and law schools has become so fierce that recruiters are perfecting the "hard sell." (EV)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Competition, Graduate Study, High Achievement
Brender, Alan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how, after a decade of recession and years of declining college enrollments, Japan--the country with the world's third-largest economy--is asking its universities to merge. (EV)
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Financial Exigency, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how, at Ithaca College, three faculty pregnancies tested a department's ability to cope. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employed Parents, Higher Education, Mothers
Selingo, Jeffrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses why public colleges think their appropriations will rebound after the recession should think again. (EV)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Climate, Educational Finance, Financial Problems
Pulley, John L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how, after years of mega-gifts and raised expectations, college fund raisers are struggling to keep campaigns going in a time of economic uncertainty and global tension. (EV)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Climate, Financial Support, Fund Raising
Carnevale, Dan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how many colleges plan for information retrieval after a disaster, but that for some small ones the cost is prohibitive--and not all professors keep copies of their work. (EV)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Storage
Evelyn, Jamilah – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how Smith College is one of a handful of elite institutions that foster community college transfers. (EV)
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Jacobson, Jennifer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Describes how many professors, frustrated with conditions at four-year institutions, find satisfaction teaching at community colleges. (EV)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
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