Discusses the situation at Virginia Tech in which the university made a double employment offer to a same-sex couple, then at the last minute, amid reports of an anti-gay e-mail message to board members, decided not to hire one of the partners. (EV)

Explores how Greg Koski's eventual successor as the chief federal overseer of protections for human research subjects will face difficult challenges from both scientists and the government. (EV)

An annual survey of compensation at 595 private colleges found 27 presidents who earned over half a million dollars in compensation in 2000-01. Includes a listing of all faculty and their compensation. (EV)

Describes how Eastern University in Pennsylvania aims to recreate its Christian environment in its distance courses. (EV)

Describes how the University of Oregon has banned alcohol at fraternity houses, but that some members are continuing to drink. (EV)

The annual "Open Doors" survey indicates that India has become the leading foreign source of young people seeking an education in the United States. (EV)

Describes Brothers of the Academy, a support group for young black scholars making their way to tenure. (EV)

Discusses how the economic downturn crushed a promising plan to improve higher education in Missouri. (EV)

Discusses why college fund raisers are of more than one mind about whether this is a good time to promote gift annuities to donors. (EV)

Discusses a new study which found that even as the number of high school graduates fell over the past 20 years, competition for college applicants increased. (EV)

Discusses Ohio State's $79 million athletics program, the biggest in the United States, and the enormous responsibility and payoffs of administering it. (EV)

Describes how the small Ave Maria College of the Americas in Nicaragua, which turned from Baptist to Roman Catholic after receiving $3 million from the founder of Domino's, has had a difficult transition. (EV)

Discusses how the killing of three professors by a suicidal student horrified the University of Arizona and prompted colleges around the country to consider ways of heading off such rare violence. (EV)

Discusses how some colleges are letting tenured and tenure-track professors cut their hours and pay to spend more time with their families. (EV)

Explores the divide among those who study higher education policy over whether preparation or money is the primary obstacle to college attendance for underprivileged students; federal policies could hinge on which side of the debate is favored. (EV)