New assistant or associate professors command more money than current professors with seniority or higher rank. This faculty-pay dilemma is known as "salary compression." Salary compression occurs when colleges are pressured by the job market to pay competitive salaries to attract scholars at lower ranks. (MLW)

Under a district court's order, the Louisiana's higher-education coordinating board and three other boards--historically Black Southern University System, Louisiana State University System, and the one for the other state colleges and universities--were to be eliminated and replaced by a single board. Mismanagement by Louisiana schools is…

James LeVoy Sorenson, a medical-products entrepreneur, gave the University of Utah its largest gift ever, but when controversy erupted over naming the medical school for him, he asked the university to return his gift. (MLW)

Al Sullivan has been running for-profit trade schools in Kentucky for more than 30 years. The institutions--Sullivan Junior College of Business, Spencerian College, and Louisville Technical Institute--are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. (MLW)

State governments will spend 14.3 percent more than two years ago on higher education. In general, farm-belt states are providing generous increases, while northeast states are preparing for austerity. (MSE)

At a meeting of academic and public humanists, scholars agreed and expressed a need for scholars, the public, and the sponsors of public humanities programs to come together to encourage the humanities in society at large, and to find specific ways to bring humanities to the public's attention. (MSE)

A publisher of scientific journals has sued a scientist over an article comparing prices of physics journals, raising fears in libraries and universities that others will be discouraged from publicizing information about rising journal costs. Others say the author's research methods were flawed. (MSE)

As part of its systemwide effort to improve teacher education and increase the number of qualified teacher education program enrollees, California State University expects all administrators and faculty to be involved in some way with teacher recruitment, education, and evaluation. (MSE)

Boston University's controversial president, John R. Silber, has published a book pinpointing a wide range of social, educational, and political problems and arguing for specific solutions. (MSE)

Academic humanists have been hearing that too much of their research and teaching was politicized, trivialized by a fascination with popular culture, and preoccupied with questions of race, gender, and class. The most frequent target of critics are literary theorists and others farthest from traditional subjects and approaches. (MLW)

An examination of federal tax forms disclosed that chief executive officers at prestigious private research universities received compensation ranging from $99,999.00 to $275,000. The differences in salary are not a reflection of relative responsibility or quality, but rather a matter of what it takes to recruit people to certain positions. (MLW)

A conference that brought together archaeologists, museum professionals, and indigenous groups from around the world to discuss the reburial issue is discussed. Participants said the issue is as much about wresting control of the past as it is about limiting scientific research in the interests of spiritual values. (MLW)

A list that shows the compensation of chief executives and five highest-paid employees who are not officers, directors, or trustees of their institutions is presented. Most compensation figures were obtained from federal tax forms that private, tax-exempt colleges and universities must file annually. (MLW)

A sex-education course that critics claim went too far has embroiled Nassau Community College in a debate over what constitutes academic freedom and who controls the curriculum. The controversy also raised questions about whether state freedom-of-information laws should apply to educational documents and other classroom materials. (MLW)

Minority politicians who believe that colleges have ignored them in the past are winning political posts that are crucial for higher education and are using their new power. The ethnic composition of the faculty at the University of New Mexico has been the target of legislators in the last year. (MLW)