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Friday, July 25, 2008 |
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Sen. Grassley Speaks on Conflicts and Endowments
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, in an exclusive interview, says universities need to better police their scientists for financial conflicts and spend more endowment money on student financial aid More NewsAnother President Falls at Baylor University 2 American Students Open a Dark Window on Human Trafficking The Chronicle Review
Bodies of Knowledge
In online education, students and professors can lose important connections to each other, writes Suzanne M. Kelly. Mark Bauerlein John L. Jackson Jr. 
2 American Students Open a Dark Window on Human Trafficking
Tracy O'Dowd (right), a graduate student at Dominican U. and an intern with an Ecuadorean foundation that fights human trafficking, talks with a woman who blames the group for the arrest of her husband after he was accused of sexually abusing one of their daughters. (Photograph by Mike Ceaser) Chronicle Blogs(All times Eastern)
U. of Colorado Says Proposed Ban on Preferences Could Affect 100 Scholarships Cable Industry Likens Itself to Academe in Managing Network Traffic Campus Shooting in Phoenix Stemmed From Longstanding Feud Report Ranks States by How Well Black Males Fare in Their High Schools Randy Pausch, Computer Scientist Famed for His 'Last Lecture,' Dies Security Snafu at Medical-Education Group Leaves 500 Social Security Numbers Posted Online Guest Blogger: Reflections in a Campus Fountain Randy Pausch, Computer Scientist Famed for His 'Last Lecture,' Dies Discussion Forums
The Brown Bag: Read a transcript of an online discussion with Alan Contreras, a higher-education official in Oregon and longtime critic of the ease with which diploma mills operate in the United States, about whether much has changed in the four years since The Chronicle published a long report on the booming industry in spurious degrees, and what, if anything, is to be done.
The Brown Bag: Barbara A. Lee, an expert in higher-education law and a professor at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, will answer questions and share strategies for navigating difficult classroom conversations and controversial topics while teaching, without landing yourself — or your institution — in a lawsuit. Join us for a live online chat, on Thursday, August 21, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
Also of InterestBalancing Life and Work?Join the free and free-wheeling conversation in Balancing Act, one of our most popular forums, where thousands of academics gather every day to share advice with each other on work, life, and parenting. Post a question or offer your opinions there or in more than a dozen other forums on topics such as personal finance and teaching. The Chronicle of PhilanthropyGiving's Tough Climate A guide to some of the best writing on the Web. |
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