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• Public Higher Education Is 'Eroding From All Sides,' Warn Political Scientists

  By David Glenn

  The institutions are facing declining finances and popular support, said scholars at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

• At 2 Public Universities, Candidates for President Are Scarce

  By Robin Wilson

  At a Montana campus, all but one finalist dropped out. In Louisiana, only one person has applied.

• Russia's Leader Pushes for Stronger Ties Between Academe and Industry
• Texas A&M System Will Rate Professors Based on Their Bottom-Line Value
• First Report From U. of Phoenix Research Center Attacks Critics of For-Profit Education
• In Canada, More Than One Way to Globalize a Campus
• Say Something: A Neuroscience Student Moonlights as an Opera Singer
• Court Largely Upholds Florida Law That Put Sharp Limits on Academic Travel to Cuba
• U. of Wisconsin Cannot Exclude Religious Group From Student Fees, Court Says
• Key Senator Calls for More Federal Oversight of For-Profit Colleges
• New Group Strives to Protect International Students in Australia
• Hong Kong Aims to Attract Foreign Campuses to Its Shores
• U. of Southern Mississippi Plans to Cut Programs and 29 Faculty Jobs
• Public Colleges Turn to Tuition Increases to Offset Budget Squeezes
• Palestinian Authority Moves to Modernize Higher Education