Describes how Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts is using a $500 million pledge, a nontenured faculty, and a group of top students to help develop a new kind of institution, the first independent, four-year engineering college created in 40 years. (EV)

Describes how unprecedented joint strikes by unions representing faculty members at public colleges and teachers in public schools shut down education in Hawaii. Discusses the settlement reached and potential repercussions. (EV)

Describes how women who lead colleges are forming networks to find moral support and develop their own strategies for solving professional problems and addressing the issues of juggling work and private demands. (EV)

Colleges are finding that, regardless of the court rulings against Napster, file-sharing services remain popular with students and problematic to campus networks because of the demand placed on bandwidth by music and video files. (EV)

Describes how Hillel, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, is retooling its image. Efforts are underway to appeal to Jewish students of all backgrounds, as well as to provide modern new buildings for the organization. (EV)

Explores how since the end of segregationist policies seven years ago, there has been progress at South Africa's universities; enrollment of black students at formerly white universities has skyrocketed. Most faculty at these schools are white, however, and formerly black universities are struggling financially. (EV)

Describes the budget shortfalls facing many public colleges and universities, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast; the familiar cut-back and tuition increase methods many are using to cope; and criticism of their use of earlier windfalls. (EV)

Describes how salaries at private colleges are growing ever greater than those at public institutions and the fears that important ideals in American higher education may be lost as a result. Includes tables on what professors earn overall and in individual institutions by state. (EV)

Describes how more colleges are starting campaigns by announcing that they have already passed the halfway points of their goals and discusses the advantages of such a strategy and the role big donors play. (EV)

St. Bonaventure University fired a tenured professor accused of mistreating athletes and others, but faculty members see it as a flouting of normal procedures by the president. (EV)

Describes the difficult job of chairing an academic department, drawing on anecdotes from several department chairs around the country. Complaints include having to walk a thin line between administration and faculty, receiving no training, dealing with awkward personal problems, and performing a difficult job for little extra money. (EV)

Describes opposition to use of standardized tests for high-stakes decisions because of: their lack of scientific basis, imprecise measurement, teaching to the test, and student alienation, particularly among minorities. (EV)

Discusses a proposal by the president of the University of California system to drop the SAT from admissions criteria, seen by many as a way to increase diversity without affirmative action. Explores the reactions of faculty and other institutions. (EV)

Describes how universities are weighing changes to or termination of their modem pools, which allow off-campus faculty, staff, and students to have access to the campus network or the Internet. (EV)

Describes reasons for a shortage in pharmacy students, including increasing demand for the services of pharmacists, a longer degree program, a strong economy, and poor working conditions. (EV)