Higher Education, funding

- Bush unlikely to make major higher ed changes - posted 11/9/04
- Bill clears the way for college loan cuts - posted 12/1/04
- US aid for college students slashed - posted 12/1/04
- Paying for college just got harder - posted 1/14/05
- Budget looks up for colleges, universities - posted 3/29/05
- Lawmakers may up private school grants - posted 5/10/05

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Higher Education, general

- Superstars and rookies of the year: Faculty Hiring Practices in the postmodern age - posted 8/1/05
- Bush makes education, counsel picks - posted 12/1/04
- Education lobbying to government increases nationally - posted 12/1/04
- Education advocate sees 'corporate emulation' as bad for universities - posted 12/1/04
- Student-data plan raises privacy concerns - posted 12/1/04
- US eyes collection of college-student data - posted 12/1/04
- Students urged to take AP tests - posted 1/14/05
- Gender isn't in the science equation - posted 2/2/05
- More tenure flexibility requested - posted 2/24/05
- Holding out for tenure - posted 2/24/05
- McKeon looks to follow Education chair Boehner - posted 4/20/05
- Demand for higher education skyrocketing in California - posted 5/20/05
- The shrinking tenure track - posted 5/20/05
- 3 colleges censured by AAUP - posted 6/21/05
- Colleges hire more full-time teachers - posted 8/29/05

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Higher Education, policy

- Security plans worry scholars - posted 11/05/05
- More tenure flexibility requested - posted 2/24/05
- Student visa restrictions to erode US dominance in innovation - posted 3/29/05
- University as author? - posted 8/8/05
- Stopping the clock - without asking - posted 8/16/05
- The Future of Higher Ed - posted 9/20/05
- New Approach to Tenure - posted 10/3/05
- "He Will Crush You Like an Academic Ninja!": Exploring Teacher Ratings on Ratemyprofessors.com - posted 10/1/05
- Has Scholarship Been Reconsidered? - posted 10/4/05
- Navigating college admissions - posted 11/18/04

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California Politics

- Borrow money, break promises - posted 1/19/05
- Democrats wary of raising taxes - posted 1/19/05
- Colleges hail budget plan - posted 1/19/05
- Budget looks up for colleges, universities - posted 3/29/05
- System may start turning students away - posted 3/29/05
- McKeon looks to follow Education chair Boehner - posted 4/20/05
- Student records released to state - posted 4/20/05
- Curbs on union campaign cash could be key in special election - posted 5/10/0

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Academic Freedom

- Academic bill of rights proposed to protect diverse thought - posted 4/19/04
- IT departments must cope with Patriot Act, univsersity CIO says - posted 8/9/04
- Legacy of 40-year movement can be seen at UC Berkeley, beyond - posted 10/12/04
- State cancels speech about frogs - posted 10/28/04
- Ohio mulls 'Academic Bill of Rights' - posted 2/24/05
- Whitewash U. - posted 8/8/05
- A Gag on Public Faculty? - posted 8/31/05
- In the Matter of Scripture v. Scholarship - posted 10/5/05
- FBI working with campus police forces on terrorism - posted 10/11/05

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Conflict of Interest

- How big pharmaceutical companies control medicine - posted 12/9/03
- Scientists group claims the White house distorts findings - posted 2/25/04
- State cancels speech about frogs - posted 10/28/04
- How much is too much? - posted 8/8/05

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California State University

- CSUS plays name game - posted 1/14/05
- University goes online to unload unwarranted wares - posted 12/14/05
- CSU's trustees' panel votes to change Hayward campus' name - posted 2/1/05
- An exciting first year for a Cal State prexy - posted 3/29/05
- CSU freshman preparation lagging - posted 3/29/05
- Trustees approve faculty housing - posted 3/29/05
- System may start turning students away - posted 3/29/05
- UC, CSU faculty pay continues to lag - posted 4/11/05
- Cal State students, faculty protest $500 million cut - posted 5/10/05

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Community Colleges

- Putting 'community' back in colleges - posted 8/25/04
- Local tribal college may lose accreditation - posted 8/25/04
- Community college leaders oppose governance changes - posted 9/10/04
- College chiefs oppose management change - posted 9/16/04
- Employees develop innovations around budget cuts - posted 10/28/04
- A new path for 18 year olds - posted 3/29/05
- Students fight to save California's only tribal college - posted 3/29/05

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Private Universities/Colleges

- Private university aid may be slashed - posted 2/25/04
- We've got room, Mills College says - posted 3/29/04
- $100 million pledge to St. Mary's vanishes - posted 8/24/04
- Worth fighting for - posted 8/11/05

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Public Universities

- Should public universities behave like private colleges? - posted 11/18/04
- Colleges face space crunch - posted 1/14/05
- Colleges hail budget plan - posted 1/19/05
- California must keep its edge - posted 1/19/05
- System may start turning students away - posted 3/29/05

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University of California

- Cost of UC education up for fourth consecutive year - posted 12/1/04
- Students support tenure for professor - posted 1/12/05
- Boalt dean wants to privatize - posted 1/14/05
- Berkeley challenges UC's plan to expand - posted 1/14/05
- Eron board members settle UC-led lawsuit for $168 million - posted 1/14/05
- Legislators enter fray over Cal growth - posted 1/19/05
- UC regents OK expansion plan; Berkeley council to sue - posted 1/19/05
- Regents may give UC staff nonvoting spots on Board - posted 1/19/05
- Regents shift focus to graduate schools - posted 1/20/05
- Hacker breaches computer that stores UCSD extension student, alumni data - posted 1/20/05
- UC to fight proposed cut to outreach programs - posted 2/1/05
- Criticism flies over new UC position - posted 2/2/05
- UC system sees record number of applicants - posted 2/3/05
- Arbiter says UC workers underpaid - posted 2/24/05
- Berkeley sues UC, Regents over development - posted 2/24/05
- Student worker front protests in support of service workers - posted 3/29/05
- UC service workers OK strike - posted 3/29/05
- UCSF powers up for next $2 billion - posted 3/29/05
- National merit system questioned - posted 3/29/05
- System may start turning students away - posted 3/29/05
- Cal issues alert about stolen laptop computer - posted 3/29/05
- UC, CSU faculty pay continues to lag - posted 4/11/05
- UC service employees set strike date - posted 4/11/05
- University of California adopts green building and clean energy policy - posted 4/11/05
- Cal chancellor warns of diversity crisis - posted 4/11/05
- Birgeneau defends the value of diversity - posted 4/11/05
- UC workers plan April 14 strike - posted 4/11/05
- Student records released to state - posted 4/20/05
- UC workers go on strike for fair wages - posted 4/20/05
- UC service workers stay away for a day - posted 4/20/05
- At UCSB, new buildings suck up power, drain budget - posted 4/20/05
- UC to keep managing Lawrence Berkeley Lab - posted 4/20/05
- Service workers, UC reach contract agreement - posted 4/25/05
- Cal professor says his criticism of investor sank tenure chances - posted 4/25/05
- Professor who was denied tenure sues UC - posted 4/25/05
- Academic isolation - posted 4/25/05
- Service workers, UC near contract - posted 4/26/05
- Ethnicity called tiny factor in admisssion - posted 5/20/05
- Embattled UC teacher is granted tenure - posted 5/23/05
- Regents to finalize UC's role at Los Alamos - posted 6/2/05
- Amid protest, key panels urge Los Alamos bid - posted 6/2/05
- UC Berkeley, city of Berkeley make a deal - posted 6/2/05
- UC Regents panel says graduate fees too low - posted 6/2/05
- UC merit scholarships under fire - posted 6/21/05
- Strike ends, but feud remains - posted 6/21/05

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