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The article argues that undergraduate research papers teach U.S. college students little about research or writing. Topics discussed include the complaints against U.S. higher education and research papers made by education columnist Rebecca Schuman, the five paragraph essay structure used by students to write research papers, and what the author argues professional communication actually looks like.

The article reports that the U.S. Commission on the Future of Higher Education has released a series of papers on key topics, including accountability, accreditation, college costs, and consumer information, that are meant to assist the panel as it prepares to deliver its final report to the education secretary, Margaret Spellings, by August 1, 2006. In an e-mail message announcing the release of the papers, the Education Department said they are not formal recommendations by the commission, but are intended to spur discussion.

The article reports on the release of the four discussion papers issued by the federal Commission on the Future of Higher Education in the U.S. These include papers on adult learners, racial disparities in graduation rates, state financing of higher education, and shortages in the health-care professions. The paper on graduation rates predicted the fall of the per capita personal income of Americans and a drop in the proportion of workers with high school diplomas and college degrees if trends will continue. The paper on adult-learners focuses on the responsiveness of colleges to nontraditional students. On the other hand, the fourth paper indicates the shortage of doctors and nurses and recommends ways to increase the supply of medical professionals and professors.

The article reports on the efforts of universities and colleges in the United States to thwart companies that sell ready-made term papers. It discusses the availability of term papers sold under the guise of "editorial assistance." The article cites some of the variety of topics available to students who are inclined to purchase the term papers.

The article reports that accreditors and some college groups in the U.S. are aghast at a proposal to eliminate regional accreditors and replace them with a national accreditation body. The proposal is contained in a discussion paper released late last month by the secretary of education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. The news came just as the chairman of the commission allayed another concern of college officials by publicly promising that a mandatory test of college students would not be among the panel's final recommendations.

The article reports on the deadlines for submission of research papers in higher education. These include proposals on the theme "Integrative thinking: Building learning communities" for possible presentation at the annual Midwest-Central region conference of the National Association of Academic Affairs administrators in Livonia, Michigan and abstracts of papers for the annual conference of the Continuing Education Association of New York.

Covers various issues related to higher education in the U.S. as of March 1983. Number of foreign students reported by Indiana State University in Terre Haute in the 1978 edition of "Barron's Profile of American Colleges"; Comments on the computer papers purchased by the University of Wisconsin in Oshkosh labeled as confidential; Remarks on a list of telephone numbers at Bellevue Community College in Washington.

The article offers information on various topics related to awards and prizes in U.S. higher education. Topics include the application for fine arts awards of the Vilcek Foundation, the announcement of research submissions for the 2016 Academic Paper Competition of the "Journal of Investment Consulting," and the financial assistance of the foundation Phil Zwickler Memorial Research Grants to scholars who conducts sexuality research.

In this article the author discusses aspects of the effects of task forces at higher educational institutions. He is critical of two task-force projects that he participated in at Tufts University. He discusses several lessons that he learned from his experiences including to limit the scope of the task force, consider the resources required, build support from the community, and assign responsibility for putting the task force's recommendations into place.

The article presents updates related to higher education in the U.S. An aerobics program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute announces the availability of blood cholesterol for participants. A working paper issued by the University of West Florida's College of Education states that an effective academic advisement aids the institution's major goals. A letter from the Center for the Study of Learning and Retention at Syracuse University emphasizes the risk of poor academic performance of students.

The article presents a summary of deadlines for papers which are of interest to those in higher education in the United States. The deadline for proposals for possible presentations at the conference, "Science, Technology, and Industrialization in the Third World," is on July 20, 1986. The deadline for proposals for possible presentations at the annual conference of the Society of Mediterranean Studies, is on July 30, 1986.

The article reports on the dispute over the federal Freedom of Information Act in the academic community. According to the article, the law is helping scholars and institutions access government documents that had previously been denied them. On the other hand, the law and the Federal Advisory Committee Act allow the public to access documents and meetings that academic leaders would prefer to keep.

The article reports on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's ruling that student newspapers are covered by anti-trust laws. According to the article, the court of appeals' ruling has reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court that college newspapers do not constitute a relevant market. It provides a background on the case filed by CASS Student Advertising Inc. against the National Educational Advertising Service.

The article cites fellowships, grant proposals and other projects of interest to the higher education in the U.S. of which deadlines of applications fall within April to May 1981. Submission for applications for grants for research and demonstration projects in health-care financing will be on April 6. Submission of applications for fellowships in Afro-American and African studies will be on April 15. Submission for grants under public understanding of science programs will be on May 31.

The article discusses efforts on behalf of interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge in U.S. higher education humanities field, adapted from the book "Paper Minds: Literature and the Ecology of Consciousness," by the article's author. Topics, including expertise, philosopher Steven Pinker's criticism of the humanities, free indirect discourse, empathy and the pluralistic worldview, are discussed.

The article reports that the two higher-education associations representing the nation's public colleges are calling on their members to develop their own voluntary approach that would allow the public to compare similar institutions. The recommendation was the main thrust of a paper released by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, which represents more than 400 state colleges, and of one released by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, which represents more than 200 public research institutions.

Presents news briefs on higher education societies in the U.S. as of September 24, 2004. Statement issued by the Biological Society of Washington regarding a research written by Stephen C. Meyer challenging Darwinian evolution; Appointment of Robert S. Wilson at "The American Scholar" journal of The Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Discusses several issues affecting college education in the U.S. Highlights of the 2003 annual convention of the Modern Language Association; Decline in the use of parentheses and slashes to create unpronounceable puns; Criticisms regarding the criteria for the Andrew Ross Award for Dangerous Hipness.

The article presents deadlines for various U.S. higher education awards, prizes, fellowships, grants, and papers, including the 2017 Harold W. McGraw Jr. Prize in Education, the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Center for Global Partnership's Abe Fellowship for Journalists, and the Hagley Museum and Library Exploratory Research Grants.

The article announces career developments involving people in higher education in the U.S., including Carla Acevedo-Yates who was named assistant curator of the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, the appointment of Thomas Burman as director of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame and Richard Busalacchi who was named dean of the School ofBusiness and the School of Mediaand Creative Arts at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

The article discusses the role of Jesuit colleges in the U.S. in educating immigrant communities who are in the country illegally, in response to the release of a 2013 position paper by the Jesuit colleges Fairfield University, Illinois' Loyola University Chicago, and Santa Clara University on their educational mission. Topics include the religious underpinnings of Jesuit colleges, immigrant students' challenges in funding and applying for college, and comments by Reverend Richard Ryscavage.

The author discusses potential ethical problems with the use of the plagiarism-detection service TurnItIn by college teachers. Topics include the relation of the service to academic-integrity policies, a lawsuit against TurnItIn parent company iParadigms LLC in relation to fair use of student assignments, and the role of the service in lessening professors' workloads.

The article deals with the publication of research written by public health scholars in peer-reviewed journals in the U.S. Frequent publication in scholarly journals opens doors to advancements within institutions of higher education, including highly competitive tenure-track faculty positions. For those reasons and more, university officials and journal editors agree that publish or perish in the academe is as true today as it did more than 30 years ago. Additionally, from a policy perspective, publication in peer-reviewed journals is an important way to affect high-level decisions that influence public health.

The article reports on an investigation of potential misconduct at the University of Missouri. Three scientists associated with a 2006 paper, published in "Science," have been cleared of wrongdoing. The editors of "Science" expressed concern that several photographs accompanying the article had been altered. In April 2006 the University agreed to investigate the allegations against senior author R. Michael Roberts and co-authors Hwan Yul Yong, and Mayandi Sivaguru. A fourth author, Kaushik Deb, is no longer affiliated with the University of Missouri but will be subject to a hearing in March 2007.

Reports plans by colleges and universities in the United States to provide newspaper to students. Success of the plan at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania; How the plan provides the papers and charges them to students' housing costs; Statistics on the number of college students reading newspapers; Increase in newspaper circulation; Criticism by some members of the College Media Advisers.

The article offers news briefs for high education in the U.S. as of April 13, 2012 on topics including Chinese applications to American graduate schools, the publication of two papers on the bird-flu virus, and the effectiveness of college tuition discounting.

The article discusses the results of a paper on the impact of the recession on higher-education budgets. Researcher John Aubrey Douglass, of the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California at Berkeley, found that the recession could alter the U.S.'s position in the global competition to educate more people and produce research. The U.S. management approach to its higher-education budget is contrasted with that of other countries.

This article presents news briefs related to higher education in the U.S. Admissions forms that Seton Hall University mailed to tens of thousands of prospective students abroad contained a misprinted telephone number that instead connected callers to a phone-sex line. A man who was visiting the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge tripped on his untied shoelace and stumbled down a stairway into a display of 300-year-old Chinese vases, shattering them. Yale University has finally agreed to provide liquid-soap dispensers in dormitories. The university replaced its one-ply toilet paper with two-ply paper a decade ago, but it held the line on providing soap of any kind, citing an anticipated cost of more than $100,000 a year.

The article reports that U.S. students from wealthy families received much more financial aid from private colleges in 2000 than they did in 1993, according to a policy paper that was posted on the Web site of Education Sector, a new, Washington D.C.-based research group. The aid offered to students from low-income families remained relatively stagnant, the paper says. Kevin Carey, the organization's manager of research and policy, said in an interview, that it was a very significant trend, and it was something that he did not thought that the public really was not aware of.

The article explores on the prevailing campus legends in the U.S. Campus myths are more than just amusing, according to Claire Howell Major, co-author of the article "Exam Scams and Classroom Flimflams: Urban Legends as an Alternative Lens for Viewing the College Classroom Experience." Major and Nathaniel Bray, her colleague in the department of higher education at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, point out that the legends tend to be stuck in a pre-politically correct era. An example of a campus myth is that of the two students who partied all night and came late for a final exam. To explain their lateness, they tell their professor they had a flat tire. The professor sends the students to separate rooms and hands them each a piece of paper. On it is a single question: Which tire?

The article announces various movements in the U.S. higher education sector as of April 2016 including the appointment of Robert Allen as president of Green Mountain College in Vermont, the retirement of university president William Troutt from Rhodes College in Tennessee, and the resignation of Albert Gray as president of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools.

The article presents U.S. higher education news briefs as of August 15, 2014. The University of North Carolina's Board of Governors has voted to limit the amount of revenue that can be allocated for need-based financial aid. The U.S. Army War College has accused Senator John E. Walsh of Montana of plagiarism in a paper he submitted for his master's degree. Eight for-profit college companies have received nearly a quarter of all funds from the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2012-2013.

Focuses on a program entitled `Experimental Digital Economy,' run by the University of Texas, Austin, which is aimed at teaching students about electronic commerce. Participation of the university's Graduate School of Business and the Mexico City campus of the Monterrey Institution of Technology and Higher Education; Expectations concerning on-line retail sales; Businesses' strategy to attract and keep customers; Student-run on-line companies, including Grade Sensitive Pricing Inc.

The article presents information on writer Dave Tomar. The author looks at his book "The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat," his experience as a student at Rutgers University, and the response from universities and colleges. The article also discusses Tomar's opinions on the cost of higher education in the U.S.

The article presents an examination into the impact of U.S. President Barack Obama's 2012 executive order which deferred deportation of undocumented youth on students' prospective engagement with the higher education system in the nation. Background information is given contextualizing the president's actions after the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act was defeated in Congress. Analysis is then offered regarding the actions and attitudes of unauthorized immigrant college applicants who have responded to the order.

In this article the author discusses ethical behavior as it relates to teaching and learning. He argues that educators need to make an effort to teach ethical behavior to students and expresses his belief that it is a common misperception in American society that cheating in school should not be viewed as unethical behavior. He provides a list of steps regarding how to behave ethically and comments that simply being educated does not necessarily mean one will always behave in an ethical manner.

The article presents information on the conditions in Zimbabwe, as of April 2007, which have caused the government to cease issuing passports for travel outside the country. Poverty and inflation have reached a point where the government does not have sufficient foreign currency to purchase passport paper, which it ran out of in late 2006. Zimbabwean students who have been accepted at universities in the United States and other countries cannot leave the country and consequently are unable to attend. During the 2005-2006 school year, 1,700 Zimbabwean students studied in the United States.

The article presents the author's thoughts on the credibility of information from online knowledge community sources, such as Wikipedia. The author notes that online collaborative sources are no more prone to errors than comparable print sources, and online sources can be amended much more quickly. Middlebury College, in Vermont, lists Wikipedia as an unacceptable source for history papers. The author suggests that, given the age of the students at Middlebury and other colleges in 2007, higher education should be supporting students' comfort with technology and new ways of finding information; perhaps they should be encouraging them to contribute their research to knowledge communities instead of chasing students away from them.

The article explains that Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana, has cleared physicist Rusi P. Taleyarkhan of research misconduct charges, based on an accusation that he doctored the evidence of his claims of success in low-cost fusion experiment. Taleyarkhan was lead author of a 2002 "Science" journal paper reporting that his laboratory had created inexpensive nuclear fusion. Critics still do not believe the experiments are reproducible and feel Taleyarkhan should support his claim by convening a panel of scientists to write a report and observe the experiment in real time.

Provides information on issues related to higher education in the U.S. Overview of the book "Joyce and the G-Men: J. Edgar Hoover's Manipulation of Modernism" by Claire A. Culleton; Information on an online auction for the publication of a paper by the late mathematician Paul Erdös.

Presents a course syllabus for college students created by professor Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt at the Indiana University School of Law. Information on the role-playing game of a fictitious Labor law; Impact of the course on students; Assignments for students.

Focuses on the plan of Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton to lead the United States governors in an effort to put higher education on top of the agenda of state and national policy makers. Sponsorship from the National Governors' Association; Goals of the project; Papers commissioned by the association that describe the economic and demographic forces affecting higher education; Possible reaction of state higher education officials and college leaders.

The article discusses the challenges faced by the higher education sector in the U.S. in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the challenges are the financial losses, increased expenses for classroom modification, technology for virtual instruction and Covid-19 testing, and the cancellation of sporting activities. Also mentioned are the coronavirus stimulus relief provided by the federal government.

The article reports that faculty members of Collin College in Texas were stunned at the way the school announced the death of their colleague after contracting COVID-19 in late October 2020. Topics covered include the faculty members' claim that Collin College leadership has neglected or negated their concerns throughout the pandemic, and that the framing of their colleague's death read like an afterthought.

The article presents the deadlines for fellowships, grants, institutes, workshops and paper submission of interest to higher education in the United States. The deadline for the application for fellowships for research and university lecturing in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Soviet Union and the Middle East will be on September 15, 1987. The applications for fellowships in Latin lexicography will end on November 15, 1987. Meanwhile, the applications for grants for epidemiologic research studies of AIDS and HIV infection will end on August 20, 1987.

The article presents a list of deadlines for the submission of applications for fellowships and papers in higher education. The list includes applications for fellowships from doctoral candidates and senior scholars for studies related to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection and Spencer Dissertation Year Fellowship in Research Related to Education.

The article presents lists of events in higher education in the U.S. from March to September 1983. A list of the organizations that will sponsor meetings is presented. An index of the subjects of the meetings and details of the meetings presented month-by-month is provided. A list of athletic meetings and championships and the deadlines for application for fellowships, grants, papers and prizes is also presented.

The article presents the author's experience at the annual Society of Biblical Literature meeting, which included attempts to meet people with the goal of changing jobs. Three scenarios as shared. The first scenario occurs before the meeting, when the author learns that a respected friend and colleague has accepted a research position that happens to be one that the author also had applied for. As they have similar credentials, the author wonders if the schools they attended influenced that decision. The second scenario involves an interview in the lobby of the hotel, where noise and space are overcome, but differences over a particular theological issue are not. The final scenario took place at a presentation, where the author noted the importance of connections and a range of knowledge.

The article presents information on the condition of adjunct faculty in the higher-education institutions in the United States. There are around half a million adjunct professors nationwide. In most cases, their working conditions are abysmal. According to the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) the part-time faculty are paid approximately 64 percent less per hour than their full-time counterparts. Many adjuncts do not enjoy health-care or retirement benefits. And many have any job security from quarter to quarter. In 1990s the three major faculty organizations namely the AAUP, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have emphasized that organizing and collective bargaining are the means to improve the lot of adjuncts. They have issued strong policy papers in support of adjuncts and begun to actively recruit them. But the question arises that why did all three faculty groups begin to vigorously organize adjuncts only in the late 1990s though the number of adjunct faculty members began to grow rapidly in the 1970s. This is due to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1980 regarding this issue.

The article discusses issues related to the formation of alliances among people involved in higher education in the U.S. Alliances between contingent faculty members and graduate students are not untroubled. Many graduate students fear too close contact with people whom they judge as the failures of academe. In addition, their perches in Ph.D.-granting institutions can give them a narrow perspective on higher education that is at odds with reality and with the perspective of most contingent faculty members, many of whom don't have doctorates. Nevertheless, they have joined with contingent colleagues in the past and can profit from such cooperation in the future. The biennial conferences of the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor were born out of collaboration between the two groups in 1995 and will continue, with a seventh conference planned for this August. Those conferences gave birth to the biennial Campus Equity Week and a large collection of papers and other resources. Librarians, counselors, manual-service workers, and dozens of other types of staff members have been buffeted by technological changes, privatization and outsourcing, reorganizations, and plain old attrition and layoffs.