I.R.S. Rule Helps People Put Their Trust in Harvard, New York
Times
Last month, the Internal Revenue Service published a decision that could
make it more attractive for people to leave their money to Harvard.
It will allow people to invest with the school's strong performing endowment
in a popular type of trust that has tax advantages.
Bush Reportedly Plans to Announce $120-Million Program for Job Training
at Community Colleges, Chronicle
of Higher Education
In his State of the Union address, President Bush plans to announce
a $120-million program for community colleges to train American workers,
the Associated Press reported on Sunday.
The Supreme Struggle, New
York Times
On May 17, 1954, the day the Supreme Court handed down Brown v. Board
of Education, the N.A.A.C.P. held a news conference to unveil an ambitious
new agenda. With segregated schools now unconstitutional, the intention
was to move on directly to housing segregation and employment discrimination.
Same Budget, Different Year, Los Angeles Times
Resolving disputes on spending bill left from 2003 is No.1 priority
as Congress starts session.
Eureka! Badly Shrunken University Endowments Make a Discovery: Black
Ink, New York
Times
Profits from university endowments rebounded in the 2003 fiscal year,
but not by enough to erase the losses of earlier years, according to
the latest annual survey by the National Association of College and
University Business Officers.
In Fighting Stereotypes, Students Lift Test Scores, New York
Times
Girls and low-income minority students are more likely to improve their
scores on standardized tests when they are taught ways to overcome the
pressures associated with negative stereotypes, according to a new study
of seventh graders.
Ninth Grade Key to Success, but Reasons
Are Debated, New York Times
With the rising use of standardized exams to measure school performance,
ninth grade is becoming a watershed moment at many schools across the
country.
The Results Are In On Early Admission, Wall St. Journal
A year after several top colleges revamped their rules on early admissions,
that change is already having an impact on who gets in where.
NCAA Convention Goes Small-Time, Chronicle of Higher Education
Tightening of rules in Division III takes the spotlight, but not all
changes are approved.
Colleges Criticize Congressional Proposal to Dictate Credit-Transfer
Rules, Chronicle
of Higher Education
While a bill to curb tuition growth has drawn strong protests from academe,
a little-noticed provision in the same legislation could cause just
as much harm to higher education, say college leaders.
