Describes how, at some colleges, clemency policies are discounting old failures when calculating students' grade point averages. (EV)

Describes how the board of trustees of Gardner-Webb University backed its president, who had ordered an athlete's grade changed, and demoted two administrators who had criticized him. (EV)

Describes how colleges in 16 countries have joined in a network to serve the educational and research needs of the circumpolar region; the University of the Arctic is a band of high-latitude colleges which seeks to serve indigenous people and preserve a fragile environment. (EV)

Discusses how economics professors at the University of Cincinnati have spent years fighting among themselves over teaching versus research, with the result being decimation and disarray in the department. (EV)

Discusses how, while other governors slash higher education spending, Gray Davis of California is championing investment in colleges to spur economic growth in his state. (EV)

Describes how, now that its books can finally be audited after a period of probation, Grambling State University is instituting measures to make sure it does not risk losing accreditation again. (EV)

Discusses how online colleges are frustrated that many traditional institutions do not accept their credits when students wish to transfer. (EV)

Describes how the refusals of Princeton and Brown to follow restrictions on early-admissions programs have put the universities at odds with a national admissions association, and left applicants in the middle. (EV)

Describes how a researcher studying the culture of heroin users decided to become part of that culture, with disastrous results. (EV)

Describes how public colleges in some states have levied their biggest tuition increases in decades, while others are tightening residency requirements and charging new students more than their returning peers. (EV)

Discusses a Cleveland philanthropist who is suspending his support for local causes until Case Western Reserve University overhauls its governance to his liking. (EV)

Describes how the Internet's power to make literary works freely accessible has led a "quiet bookworm" to challenge government and media industry giants before the U.S. Supreme Court in a copyright case. (EV)

Describes how a conference of pro-Palestinian students roused strong emotions among both participants and supporters of Israel who showed up to protest. (EV)

Discusses a national survey showing that an increasing number of faculty members say they care more about students and less about prestige. (EV)

Describes how a debate over increasing the limits on student loans--rather than spending more on grants--is growing, as reauthorization time approaches for the federal Higher Education Act. (EV)