A new history book examines how attitudes toward cremation in the United States have changed. Wesleyan University Press has broken away from the University Press of New England. A study based on women's yearbook photos reveals that those with the biggest smile have led the happiest lives. The president of the University of California system has proposed dropping the SAT as a requirement. The president of the Association of American Universities asks the chairman of the House science committee to balance the federal research portfolio by enlarging it, not by reducing the portion of the National Institutes of Health.
Many colleges favor black and Hispanic applicants in admissions, according to a new report.
Mark Yudof, the president of the University of Minnesota, is campaigning against the governor's higher-education budget. A draft report urges trustees of public colleges to maintain their independence from the governors who appoint them. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employees may not sue public colleges for violating a federal disabilities law. A plan to give each public university its own board of trustees will ensure the complete reorganization of higher education in Florida. U.S. Education Secretary Roderick R. Paige called on colleges to help improve elementary and secondary education.