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The article reports that the enrollment at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts' continuing-education division has climbed nearly 20 percent since president Christopher E. Hopey arrived. Northeastern's renaissance comes at a time when adult education is booming nationwide. Hopey has spent $250,000 on surveys that have helped make informed decisions on degree programs and he pays $25,000 a year as part of a consortium of 61 colleges that share research done on their behalf by Eduventures. Now 60 percent of the continuing-education students at Northeastern are enrolled in undergraduate programs.

Reports on the plan of Massachusetts' governor Mitt Romney to eliminate the post of University of Massachusetts system president as part of a reorganization effort, as of April 2003. Reaction from University of Massachusetts system president William M. Bulger; Debates drawn by the proposal; Details on Romney's reorganization plan.

Reports on the ruling by a federal judge which states that Boston University violated federal disability laws when it bowed to `uniformed stereotypes' and unfairly tightened rules on accommodating learning-disabled students. How the university responded to the Americans With Disabilities Act; How much the university owes the students who filed the lawsuit.

Reports on the announcement made by the F.W. Olin Foundation on their plan to provide $200 million to create a new engineering school outside of Boston, Massachusetts. How the school will be affiliated with Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts; President of the Olin Foundation, Lawrence W. Milas and his association with Babson; Why Babson was chosen to be affiliated with the new school; Olin's history; Other gifts given by the Olin Foundation. INSET: Major private gifts to higher education since 1967..

Focuses on the need for universities and colleges in the U.S. to market themselves to increase student recruitment, discussed during a meeting sponsored by Eduventures Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts in June 2005. Projected number of students who will graduate from high school; Suggested actions to be taken by universities and colleges to compete with online and for-profit institutions according to Tracy Zaiss, president of a marketing company.

Reports on the resignation of University of Massachusetts president William M. Bulger in 2003. Severance package for Bulger; Reasons he gave for his resignation; Influence of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney on Bulger's decision to resign.

Reports on the move of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to halt a bond package that his predecessor had approved to pay for construction projects on four University of Massachusetts campuses. Background on the bond plan; Reason for the move of Romney; Effect of the move on the relationship between Romney and the officials of the university.

Reports on the plan of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to restructure higher education in the state, as of March 2003. Terms under the proposal; Reaction of college officials to the plan; Criticisms raised by lawmakers against the proposal.

Reports on a ruling by a federal judge that Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, is not required to allow learning-disabled students to substitute other courses to fulfill a foreign-language requirement. Details of the ruling by Judge Patti B. Saris; Appeal of the ruling as unlikely; Comments of Jon Westling, president of Boston University.

Focuses on a Massachusetts court ruling requiring the New England School of Law in Massachusetts to reinstall a large bronze plaque honoring a donor who sued the school after its removal. Details of the disagreement between the school and the donor, Martin S. Berman, a lawyer and real-estate developer who agreed to raise funds for the school in 1981.

Reports the March 1998 ruling of a federal appeals court that Michael Brennan, a former professor at Northeastern University who had been denied tenure, could file a discrimination lawsuit without first taking his case before a campus arbitration panel. The court's failure to rule on the merits of his claim; Details of Brennan's case; Comments from a Northeastern spokesperson.

States that the Massachusetts Supreme Court ordered state public-utilities officials to reexamine their decision that allowed an electric company to charge the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) $1.3 million a year after MIT began generating its own power in 1995. How both sides reacted.

Reports on pension-fund fraud at Illinois state universities and the question of tenure-track positions at state public colleges in Massachusetts. Illegal campaign contributions by the Illinois pension fund during 1993 and 1995; Why Paul Cellucci, the Acting Governor of Massachusetts, opposes tenure at state public colleges in Massachusetts.

Reports that Harvard University revealed in June 1997 that it had secretly acquired 52 acres of land in Boston for $88 million during the preceding nine years. The proximity of the 14 separate parcels to Harvard's Graduate School of Business and Harvard Stadium; Why Harvard hid its identity as a potential buyer of property; How much property is owned by Harvard; Reaction of some Massachusetts politicians.