The competitors must answer questions based on a classroom case study. In an action kept secret until now, the federal government in December halted research on human subjects at the University of Virginia and shut down a panel charged with overseeing it. The move suggests that federal officials are monitoring lapses in research procedures more aggressively than before. The Detroit College of Law, fed up with years of high costs to maintain its cramped quarters in the city, agreed in February to move its program to Michigan State University, in East Lansing. The University of Illinois at Chicago is one recipient of the federal grants.
Republican lawmakers remain skeptical.
The House last week passed a tax-cut bill that would encourage families to save money for college tuition by allowing them to make early, unpenalized withdrawals from Individual Retirement Accounts if the proceeds were used for this purpose. The E.E.O.C. said the firing violated the Americans With Disabilities Act. There are now many more men's than women's restrooms. The bill is expected to become law. With a standard format for exchanging transcripts and other student records electronically, colleges could save money by avoiding the voluminous paperwork required today.