Describes how faculty members are adding new courses and changing existing ones to respond to student demands for information and for meaning following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. (EV)

Describes how many college officials are concerned about new legislation that would make it more difficult and expensive for foreign students to obtain visas. They fear declines in enrollment, revenue, and diversity. (EV)

Explores how, in deals meant to win friends as well as fees, colleges like Drexel University are joining with outside companies to offer online banking services. Discusses the risks and advantages of such private-label financial services for students, faculty/staff, and alumni. (EV)

Discusses how some prominent institutions prompt debate by subcontracting the labor-intensive work of putting documents online to vendors in developing countries. Libraries counter that contractors treat overseas employees well. (EV)

Describes how, after a stint as an adjunct professor that made her feel "powerless," Linda Cushing went from union foe to labor activist. (EV)

Discusses how, as many universities shut down their nuclear reactors used for research and training, the Energy Department considers moving its support to regional facilities, a change that might lead to more shutdowns. (EV)

Describes how colleges and other nonprofit organizations are creating scholarship programs for the families of victims of the recent terrorist attacks. (EV)

Describes how, as colleges struggle to meet the demand for increased capacity on their computer networks, they find that the appetite for more is insatiable. (EV)

Explores how the economic downturn and consequent state budget cuts have driven public colleges to increase tuition by 7.7 percent, the largest rise since 1993. Includes several tables on tuition at U.S. schools. (EV)

Discusses how a college sports recruiting scandal points to the role of athletics in a poor neighborhood in Memphis; it highlights how intensely colleges compete for the city's players. (EV)

Discusses how a growing number of universities, responding to the needs of the profession, are adding spirituality--minus specific religious tenets--to the curriculum of graduate programs in social work. (EV)

Discusses how as the issue of race-conscious admissions policies moves through the courts, scholars engage in a bitter debate over the educational benefits of diversity. (EV)

A special package of articles explores the push toward electronic textbooks and libraries, the businesses behind the drive, and the fears of many academics about the trend. (EV)

A "Chronicle" survey finds significant progress for female athletes at the college level and budget constraints looming for all sports programs. The article includes several data tables on sports participation by women, scholarships, and athletic budgets. (EV)

Describes how Ohio State University "taxes" all of its departments in order to award cash that provides a chosen few departments the means to reach top-ranked status. The university uses a well-publicized competition among departments, with professors choosing the winners. (EV)