http://chronicle.com/section/Administration/16/ News :: Administration Wed, 23 May 2012 04:23:18 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131954/ http://chronicle.com/article/EducationIncome-Levels/131954/ College graduates are more likely to vote, and they pay greater attention to public affairs than people who did not finish high school, say the authors of a new report.

]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131947/ http://chronicle.com/article/For-Profit-College-Group-Bars/131947/ Nearly a quarter of the sessions at the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities' meeting will be closed to outsiders.

]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131950/ http://chronicle.com/article/Federal-Consumer-Loan-Watchdog/131950/ The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating ITT Educational Services about the for-profit-college company's student-loan practices.

]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131949/ http://chronicle.com/article/Federal-Advisory-Panel-Pans/131949/ Suggestions from the Brookings Institution are condemned as sacrificing need-based aid and not significantly improving college-completion rates.

]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131943/ http://chronicle.com/article/How-a-Campus-Might-Have-Dealt/131943/ As a former Rutgers student is sentenced in a Webcam-spying case, campus-conduct experts see issues that their offices may be better equipped to handle than the courts.

]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131920/ http://chronicle.com/article/Long-Deferred-Campus-Repairs/131920/ Many colleges have put off repairs and renovation since the recession. Now crumbling buildings, limited budgets, and mounting debt present an increasingly intractable problem.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131929/ http://chronicle.com/article/Audio-Slide-Show-A-Career/131929/ Ron Shriver, who graduated from McDaniel College in May, left behind a promising career with the United States Marine Corps to enroll. 

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131918/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-VeteranFather-Graduates/131918/ For a former Marine with a young family, the Post-9/11 GI Bill opens the door to fulfillment of a childhood dream.

]]> Sun, 20 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131917/ http://chronicle.com/article/President-of-California-U-of/131917/ Angelo Armenti Jr., who had led the public institution for 20 years, was terminated a day before the release of an audit that criticized university financial dealings.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 22:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131910/ http://chronicle.com/article/Quest-for-College/131910/ A panel assembled by the National Research Council to study ideas for measuring institutional quality has delivered a report that indicates just how hard that is to do.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 16:15:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131907/ http://chronicle.com/article/IRS-Is-Urged-to-Reduce/131907/ Nonprofit groups are being forced to spend too much time and money reporting on their finances and other activities, critics said at a Congressional hearing.

]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131902/ http://chronicle.com/article/Groups-Voice-Concerns-Over-New/131902/ A U.S. House panel heard a range of views about the steps that President Obama is taking to crack down on deceptive practices by colleges that recruit veterans.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131900/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-Does-1-Trillion-Mean-/131900/ The amount of student-loan debt has alarmed many people, but the high figure may only reflect, among other things, that more students are going to college.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 19:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131901/ http://chronicle.com/article/College-Boards-Next-President/131901/ David Coleman's hope to better align the SAT with the Common Core State Standards could further alter the identity of the exam.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 17:42:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131896/ http://chronicle.com/article/MIT-Names-Its-Provost-Who-Led/131896/ L. Rafael Reif, a faculty member for 32 years, has played a lead role in the creation of MITx and edX.

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131898/ http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-North-Texas-Dallas-Seeks/131898/ The high-powered management-consulting firm has been providing free advice on how to build "the university of the 21st century."

]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131877/ http://chronicle.com/article/Illinois-Bill-Would-Ban-Use-of/131877/ Lawmakers are questioning the cost of the growing use of outside consultants. Universities say they would be at a competitive disadvantage in recruiting without them.

]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 20:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131875/ http://chronicle.com/article/Florida-A-M-President-Suspends/131875/ The Marching 100, embroiled in a hazing scandal since last fall, will not play in 2012-13.

]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131853/ http://chronicle.com/article/NIH-Is-Prodded-to-Consider-a/131853/ Which disease gets what money has long been a topic of debate. The newest proposal uses metrics from the financial world.

]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131849/ http://chronicle.com/article/Student-Loans-Have-Become/131849/ Both parties want to delay a scheduled doubling of the interest rate on some loans, but they can't agree on how to cover the cost.

]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131838/ http://chronicle.com/article/To-Develop-Student/131838/ The arrangements can benefit both students, who receive guidance and perhaps financial support, and the institutions, which may help shape the entrepreneurial economy.

]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131856/ http://chronicle.com/article/Amid-Confusing-Signals-From/131856/ The board chairman says he has no plans to fire anyone, but he was said to have told the university's chancellor to recommend the president's dismissal.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131827/ http://chronicle.com/article/New-Microgrants-at-U-of/131827/ Faculty members who form interdisciplinary teams can apply for quick start-up grants of $20,000 each, giving them the chance to pursue potentially rewarding hunches.

]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131826/ http://chronicle.com/article/After-Outcry-Over-Raises-Cal/131826/ A board committee approved a plan that would bar campuses from using tuition or tax dollars to raise new presidents' salaries. But their foundations could chip in more.

]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 10:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131821/ http://chronicle.com/article/State-Student-Aid-Grants/131821/ States should eliminate the "dichotomy" between need- and merit-based aid, and instead require students to make progress toward completing their degrees.

]]> Tue, 08 May 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/131824/ http://chronicle.com/article/Senate-Republicans-Block-Vote/131824/ A motion to end debate on the bill garnered 52 votes, eight shy of the number required to end a Republican filibuster and proceed to a vote.

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