The Lilly Endowment has supplanted the Ford Foundation as the nation's largest foundation, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Ford has been the nation's biggest foundation for more than 30 years. Addison Wesley Longman, a major publisher of college textbooks, announced Thursday that it would change how it prices textbooks to settle a lawsuit filed against it and two university presses by college bookstores in July. The settlement, however, allows the company to use a modified version of the old pricing structure that had come under fire by the college stores. The rough days of one-ply toilet paper have been softened for students at Harvard University.
Some people see the Internet as a way to make money.
The University of Pittsburgh professor has developed an on-line course that brings information about public health to developing nations. A law library's Web site helps with reprint permissions. Many faculty members say that the system that gave them a role in university decision making is no longer working, and some professors are trying to do something about it. An offensive remark by John V. Lombardi, president of the state's biggest university, has sparked a debate over governance, as state officials are trying to plan for an expected surge in enrollment. For the full text of these and other stories, see the January 30 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.