Describes how agricultural colleges in Europe and the United States are barring visitors and curtailing travel to prevent an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease. (EV)

Discusses a new trend in college textbooks, where instructional content is presented in story format. The authors of these new textbooks say boring treatises are out, bodice-rippers are in; but some professors complain that the new books are selling students short. (EV)

Membership in the National Academy of Sciences carries great prestige and the chance to advise Congress. This article discusses critics' questioning of why so few female and minority scholars are let in. (EV)

Describes the financial and stock performance of companies in the higher education sector during 2000, and describes how the Chronicle of Higher Education's stock index of for-profit colleges has shown a return of 108 percent since the end of 1999. (EV)

Describes how death threats against black students at Penn State prompted an extended sit-in and a debate over whether the university was doing enough to protect black students and promote diversity. (EV)

Describes how as colleges keep more information about students in electronic records, institutions struggle for ways to make sure only the right people gain access. (EV)

Discusses how the University of California's Board of Regents, under pressure from students and lawmakers, rescinded its policies against affirmative action, although a state ban remains in effect. (EV)

Describes how Mount Holyoke College and its alumnae association are in a messy public fight over money, specifically who owns an annual fund to which 51 percent of the college's alumni contributed last year. (EV)

Describes how students flock to the classics department at Macalester College in Minnesota, drawn by archaeological projects and a new approach to studying antiquity. (EV)

Describes how developing countries are embracing the community college model of higher education focused on job training, older students, and close ties to business. (EV)

Discusses how as states push historically black public colleges to do more to recruit white students, colleges seek effective strategies and some educators see a double standard. (EV)

Explores whether when regionally accredited colleges won't accept credits earned at career colleges, the decision is a function of unfair bias or institutional prerogative. (EV)

Describes how ugly incidents involving a fraternity and sororities prompted two campuses to take a hard look at the powerful systems. (EV)

Discusses how faculty job openings at community colleges are on the rise at the same time higher education faces budget constraints, but that recruits must be mindful of such schools' missions. (EV)

Discusses how the direct-lending program, popular with colleges, may be doomed; a lawsuit and changing political fortunes pose threats to the system. (EV)