New Scholarly Books. After a decade of slow growth, the cost of attending a public college jumped this year in a number of states. The University of Georgia will challenge a federal judge's ruling that struck down its admissions policy. A bill to ban gambling on college and amateur athletics was approved by a key Congressional committee. The filmmaker Michael Moore is seeking plaintiffs for a lawsuit against the Republican presidential nominee and Harvard and Yale Universities, for giving him preferential treatment in admissions.
Many colleges have unstated expectations about the duties of the wife of the chief executive.
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville is under fire for refusing to hire a highly rated applicant for a police job because of his tattoos. Vandals squirted a substance believed to be Super Glue into keyholes at the University of Texas at Austin during a staff sickout. A lawyer for the musicians Metallica and Dr. Dre pointedly asked 11 universities to block students' access to the popular file-sharing service. Endicott College discovers that bringing virtual learning to students in Mexico and elsewhere around the world presents unexpected challenges. A new Web site created by a consortium of medical schools aims to provide a wealth of information to physicians.