Describes how colleges, frustrated by students who use the Internet to plagiarize, are going online to enable professors to fight back. Explains that plagiarism-detection software, available for several years, is increasing in use. (EV)

Discusses how Columbia University is rethinking its judicial code after being embarrassed over criticism led by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a civil liberties group with a flair for public relations. (EV)

Describes how, as states tighten their fiscal belts in the face of a worsening economy, public colleges are substantially raising tuition or facing budget uncertainty. Includes a table of schools raising tuition by at least 10 percent for 2000-2001. (EV)

Discusses how Georgia State University for years ignored its alumni and had little in the way of private support, but that now, like similar urban institutions, it has changed course and has a nicer campus to show for it. (EV)

Describes how Temple University ended Virtual Temple, its for-profit distance education effort, saying that such companies cannot make money. However, universities with similar programs--such as Columbia, Cornell, New York University, and the University of Maryland--disagree. (EV)

Describes how 28 private colleges have endorsed a set of policies designed to preserve need-blind admissions. The group agreed on guidelines for the formula used to calculate a family's ability to pay for college, resulting in more aid for more needy students. (EV)

Describes how the Latin American Medical School in Cuba attracts foreign students, including Americans, with a free course of study. Supporters say it shows Castro's commitment to humanitarian ideals, while critics see it as an attempt to curry favor with Central and Latin America. (EV)

Describes how in a bitter struggle for control of Virginia State University, black Americans and black Africans each see bias on the other side. The acrimony has spawned a slew of lawsuits by professors accusing university officials of discrimination. (EV)

Discusses how a college's momentum, fund raising, and morale all suffer with the unexpected departure of its leader after a short time in office. Explains that experts encourage colleges to develop plans to maintain key ties with donors or senior administrators during such transitions. (EV)

Describes how JSTOR, the non-profit group that creates digital archives of journals, has attracted strong support from librarians and scholars, but that some find it too expensive or the elimination of paper copies potentially risky. (EV)

Discusses how summer session programs increasingly make sense for students seeking early graduation, as well as for colleges with growing enrollments,. (EV)

Discusses Jill Carroll, an adjunct faculty member who thinks the key to success is forgetting about tenure and taking an entrepreneurial approach to getting work. She has written a manual for adjunct professors that encourages them to quit seeing themselves as victims and to deal with the system that exists. (EV)

Describes how increased lobbying by community colleges is yielding payoffs in state legislatures and Congress and significantly more federal earmarks. Discusses how increased financial support may also be due to community colleges' responsiveness to states' economic needs. (EV)

Discusses how as colleges deal with students protesting custodians' salaries, officials have had to weigh practicality against social justice. Includes a table of janitors' salaries in 1999-2000. (EV)

Describes how Apple's latest laptop computer, the IBook, may have many admirers, but that few believe the company will ever regain prominence in higher education. Issues include increased competition from other computer vendors and software availability (EV)