Describes how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally conservative in its investments, is taking a riskier approach in the hope of increasing returns; moves include consideration of a private financial services spinoff. (EV)

Discusses how more students are obtaining multiple credit cards and graduating with heavy consumer debt, and that Congressional legislation may make it more difficult for them to recover. (EV)

Discusses how Southwestern Michigan College has hired the board chairman's son as president, raising questions about the potential conflicts of interest. (EV)

Describes how telecourses may be educating more people than online courses do, and that the Internet provides opportunities for further growth and improvement in such courses. (EV)

Describes how the Gates Millennium Scholars program uses nontraditional criteria to award grants to low-income minority students. Profiles the first three recipients. (EV)

Discusses how college presidents who were asked by the Knight commission to suggest changes in athletics programs founds themselves caught between forces focused on winning and on academics. (EV)

Discusses how the American Association of University Professors wants colleges to give scholars who have newborns extra time before tenure reviews. There appears to be a reluctance of the part of faculty to take advantage of such policies, however, because of fear of being stigmatized. (EV)

Discusses efforts by colleges and legislatures to encourage undergraduates to finish in four years, as stretched budgets and anticipation of record enrollments spark efforts to return to tradition. (EV)

A survey by "The Chronicle of Higher Education" of the pay of private-college presidents found increases at the top levels, with especially lucrative packages going to some executives on their way out of office. Includes several data tables. (EV)

Explores how, for Muslim students on American campuses, life consists of frequent conflicts and occasional compromises with the secular culture. (EV)

Describes how a Barnard history professor's effort to engage students in key texts through role-playing is catching on at other colleges. (EV)

Explores the after-effects on college laboratories of the anthrax mail scare; scientists say the anthrax scare justifies tougher rules on biological agents, but some fear that Congress may go too far. (EV)

Describes how the growing field of risk management is helping colleges deal with a rising tide of costly litigation. (EV)

Explores how, as more students work online, some scholars wonder if something important is being lost in the abandonment of the college library. (EV)

Describes how patriotism in the wake of September's terrorist attacks is prompting more students to consider ROTC, but not necessarily to enlist. (EV)