Describes how foreign enrollments in United States universities have grown, even as more countries try to attract some of those same students. Includes several data tables. (EV)

Describes how a tenure dispute at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst pitted a successful researcher against senior scholars who believed her teaching was inadequate; the dispute led to rifts on race, affirmative action, and the role of teaching versus research. (EV)

Describes how universities are racing to find ways to use stem cells to fight various diseases--and to be the first to register patents that could be highly profitable. (EV)

Explores how the alliance between Microsoft and Blackboard, a company whose software helps colleges put their courses on the Internet, is making some college officials wonder what the deal means for their operating systems and budgets, and for higher education in general. (EV)

Discusses how colleges are praising the new National Survey of Student Engagement, but insist that institutional scores be kept private. (EV)

Describes how after a one-year decline, the number of Ph.D.s awarded by American universities rebounded in 2000; the biggest drops were in the physical sciences and education, while humanities fields gained. Includes several data tables. (EV)

Describes how donors and foundations provide a growing proportion of the salaries and benefits of presidents of state universities, raising the issue of whether the extra money keeps good talent or skews priorities. (EV)

Describes how a British company, NetPD, has besieged dozens of American colleges with notices about Internet-related copyright violations by students; many colleges, however, say the messages can be ignored. (EV)

Describes how, when photos of students wearing blackface at several fraternity parties were posted online, colleges had to figure out how to respond. (EV)

Explores how, in the tremendous expansion of women's sports under Title IX, a variety of factors have combined to make white athletes the primary beneficiaries. (EV)

Describes efforts by the University of Maryland to encourage and support Black graduate students in pursuing graduate degrees in mathematics. (EV)

Describes positive developments for the University of Hawaii system after an 11-percent loss of funding since 1993. Discusses administrator, faculty, and student responses to the financial pressures. (EV)

Explores how the for-profit, computer training chain Computer Learning Centers continued to operate, enrolling thousands of students and qualifying for millions of dollars in federal student aid, despite three years of legal and regulatory turmoil. (EV)

Discusses the twin issues of the cost of online education and its potential profitability based on results from studies commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of six universities' distance learning costs. Describes how administrators are recognizing that the costs are greater than expected. (EV)

Explores the reaction of other institutions to Princeton's announcement that incoming freshman will receive grants rather than loans. Discusses the policy's implications for recruitment of the most talented students and available aid for low-income students. (EV)