Discusses how as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga expands into a decaying black neighborhood--including donating the land for a public school--not all of the residents support the changes. (EV)

Describes how a graduate student at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln uses his distance education courses to improve production on his family's farm. (EV)

Discusses how many private colleges plan to raise tuition for next year by more than the rate of inflation, and more than the increases of recent years. Explores several institutions' reasoning on setting tuition levels. (EV)

Describes how Kirksville, MO, home to Truman State University, is the kind of place professors end up when the job matters more to them than the location. Discusses how small town life is counterbalanced by the university's emphasis on hiring full-time faculty and providing tenure. (EV)

Describes how President Bush's tax cut is creating new interest in college-savings and prepaid-tuition programs, which may force institutions to reconsider their recruitment and financial aid strategies. (EV)

Describes how a corporate deal made by the University of California at Berkeley with Novartis Corporation is not changing the school's research agenda, as critics feared it would. (EV)

Describes "FSView," a for-profit newspaper serving Florida State University's campus. Explores whether its money-making focus has worked to the detriment of informing students. (EV)

Describes how at the University of Maryland at College Park, language professors say mold growing in their offices is not only destructive to morale, but also endangers their health. (EV)

Describes how Florida's public liberal arts college, New College, is becoming a freestanding institution separated from the University of South Florida, but that independence may force a change in its mission. (EV)

Describes how Dennis Keller and Ronald Taylor, founders and corporate heads of DeVry University, differ in many ways, but share a common vision for the education company they jointly run. (EV)

Describes how Georgia Nugent brings her training as a classicist and her credibility as a scholar and teacher to her job leading Princeton's efforts in instructional technology. (EV)

Describes how graduate students in architecture face some of the longest hours in higher education, but that some experts question whether they are learning what they need to know. (EV)

Describes how unions organizing graduate students are enjoying unprecedented breakthroughs, such as their first recognition at a private university. Unions are facing obstacles as well, including continued administrative resistance and squabbles between national unions. (EV)

Discusses how colleges and state agencies are divided over responsibility for the costs of helping students with disabilities, with slow progress delaying student accommodations and straining college finances. (EV)

Describes how a growing number of top business schools, after years of trying to outdo one another, are joining forces in various academic programs. An example is the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, which has created a West-coast campus and partnership with INSEAD in France. Discusses how such partnerships present special problems.…