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According to a European Commission (EC) report on the continuing transatlantic brain-drain reveals that U.S. universities and research jobs are attracting growing numbers of European Union researchers. The EC paper voiced concern that 75 percent of European Union countries-born U.S. doctorate recipients have no specific plans to return to the European Union (EU), and more and more are choosing to stay in the U.S. The most important reason keeping EU-born scientists and engineers abroad has been quality of work. Better prospects and projects and easier access to leading technologies were most often cited as reasons behind plans to work abroad.

The article reflects on the proliferation of presidential libraries in the U.S. Presidential libraries could serve variety of purposes such as memorials of presidents' papers, exhibition area and shops to sell presidents' memorabilia. In 1974, the Congress ceased to fund presidential libraries from taxpayers. No universities are willing to house a President George W. Bush library due to the mismanagement and controversies in his administration.

Reports on the impact of the inaccuracies in the scoring of the Scholastic Assessment Test on college admissions in the U.S. in 2006. Number of papers that were scored inaccurately according to the College Board; Cause of the mistakes in the scoring; Plan of the Department of Education to investigate the mistakes and on other standardised tests given at various grade levels.

It is sometimes easy to forget what extraordinary events academic conferences can be. Ayako Yoshino, an English literature PhD. student at Cambridge University, remembers the first major conference she attended as an overwhelming experience. Fraternisation between sections is part of the point of the big conferences, and it makes some conferences more of a vital fixture on the academic calendar than others. For humanities academics, the Modern Language Association, is the major global conference of the year. Held just after Christmas, it is now seeking papers for its 2004 convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The U.S. government is expected to begin charging $100 fee to applicants for student visas for conducting more comprehensive reviews that are making it time-consuming and difficult to come to the country. The new fee would pay for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's new Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems database, which was set up after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks to track student visitors. The American Association of Universities has objected pointing that the payment provision alone will further slow the visa process and the paper receipts can be lost, stolen or faked.

Reports on the academic plagiarism case involving Norfolk State University in Virginia assistant professor, Christopher Ngassam, concerning a research paper on the South African stock market with the data copied from a 1995 article about the Korean stock market. Periodical where the article, from which Ngassam copied the report, was published; Possible consequences of Ngassam's actions.

Reports on the allegations against four U.S. universities & colleges for falsifying academic papers to allow their athletes to compete in an athletics competition. Violation of rules of intercollegiate sports; Suspension of school sports officials for corrupt practices; Effect of the scandal on a national basketball tournament.

Focuses on the trend among Canadian business professors of transferring to American business schools. Decline in the number of Canadian research papers published in top business journals; Overview on the difficulty experienced by Canadian higher education institutions in recruit retain faculty; Comparison of the salaries received by full-time Canadian and American business professors.

Focuses on public-funded scientific research in the United States. Comments from Diana Hicks, researcher at CHI Research; Percentage of papers filed which were funded by public research; Production of scientific literature in Great Britain.

Reports on the paper by two Cornell University economists on the chances of children from single-parent homes to enter the top 50 colleges in the United States. Main obstacles in the children's educational goals; Problem with the assessment of parental income for grants or loans; Emotional aspects of the issue.

Relates a retired British professor's experience of teaching French literature in Stanford University, California. Comparison of American and British styles of educating; Readiness of American students to talk; Use of class performance and prepared papers rather than honors scripts; Broader education obtained by Americans due to courses outside their main discipline.

Reports on the questions raised on the costs of a computerized graduate entrance test for American students. Educational Testing Service as a monopoly supplier of graduate test; Income to be reaped from a computerized version of the test; Description of the test format using pencil and paper.

Reports on the dropping of charges against the Black Student League members who seized and destroyed copies of the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania newspaper. Criticism of the decision; Reason for seizure of paper; Rash of attacks on campus publications.