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By James Ottavio Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon

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Last Entry: May 09, 2008 at 06:55:13

Law: Congress may consolidate tuition tax credits

Posted on May 02, 2008
GAO Summary: Higher Education: Multiple Higher Education Tax Incentives Create Opportunities for Taxpayers to Make Costly MistakesGAO-08-717T May 1, 2008 Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 42 pages) Federal assistance helps students and families pay for postsecondary education through several...

Events: Neocon meeting on Middle East had seige mentality

Posted on May 02, 2008
When the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa, or Asmea, held its inaugural meeting here last weekend, the siege mentality felt by its members?many of whom are conservative researchers?was palpable. Even the group's renowned co-founder, Bernard...

Trends: Competition for top students may work against diversity goals

Posted on May 02, 2008
One after another at this time of year, elite colleges trumpet the outstanding SAT scores of the applicants they have admitted. The question often raised by such announcements is just how much those scores matter. Two recent studies conclude that...

Events: SAP hosts a conference in Orlando

Posted on May 02, 2008
ASUG Annual Conference One Destination. Endless Opportunities. SAPPHIRE 2008 Orlando and the ASUG Annual Conference MAY 4 - 7, 2008 ============================================================ VIEW LIVE KEYNOTE WEBCASTS -- EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT SAP...

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Law: The latest in the never-ending saga of Florida university governance

Posted on May 02, 2008
Read it here from a Tampa daily newspaper.

Law: NACUBO opposes IRS withholding rule

Posted on May 02, 2008
On behalf of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), and the associations listed below, we submit the following comments on Notice 2008-38. The notice addresses implementation of a requirement, added by section 511 of the Tax...

Law: Not the best means of working your way through school

Posted on May 02, 2008
A Penn State Altoona business student was earning his way through college by selling cocaine, according to police charges filed Thursday. The charges against Michael A. Conforti, 20, of Hackettstown, N.J., came in the aftermath of an April 21 sweep...

Event: A North American Labor Relations Conference

Posted on May 02, 2008
Association of Labor Relations Agencies Presents A North American Labor Relations Conference Seeking Solutions in Difficult Times Monday, July 21, 2008 Sheraton Burlington Hotel and Conference Center Burlington, Vermont Sponsored By: New England Consortium of State Labor Relations Agencies Hosted...

Events: International Assessment and Retention Conference

Posted on May 02, 2008
Check it out here.

Law: A compendium on animal rights activists

Posted on May 02, 2008
1. University plans to sue activists In the wake of a firebomb attack earlier this month against a researcher from the University of California at Los Angeles, the university regents are planning to file a lawsuit this morning to block...

Events: US Students compete on knowledge of EU economy

Posted on May 02, 2008
STUDENTS FROM RUMSON-FAIR HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL (NJ) RISE TO THE EURO CHALLENGE High School Teams Get Dollars for Euro Knowledge Following the final rounds at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, four teams emerged as the winners of this...

Publications: Free citation software

Posted on May 01, 2008
Hi everyone- Below I have posted the address of the website that hosts Publish or Perish, the free citation analysis software I mentioned in our meeting this week. http://www.harzing.com/index.htm The program can be a little buggy at times and you...

Law: Judge selects a buyer for bankrupt Myers University

Posted on May 01, 2008
An Ohio judge has chosen a buyer for the troubled Myers University, in Cleveland, selecting an investor from Connecticut who had previously acquired the nonprofit Heald College, in California, and Salem International University, in West Virginia. The investor, Bradley Palmer...

Law: Senate acts to thwart student-loan crisis

Posted on May 01, 2008
The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that seeks to avert a shortfall in student loans, a day after President Bush urged Congress to act quickly on the legislation. The bill, HR 5715, which the House of Representatives passed...

Opinion: Immigrants strain US resources

Posted on May 01, 2008
By Mark Cromer May 1, 2008 � Discuss Article As the crisis of dwindling long-term water supplies hangs over the American Southwest like vultures circling for dinner, everyone from academics to journalists is starting to pay attention. One example is....

LAW: DOL faults recipients of job-training grants

Posted on May 01, 2008
By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, April 30, 2008; Page A17 In the past seven years, the Labor Department awarded more than $271 million to groups to help train workers for high-demand jobs, but a new audit...

Law: Turkish government softens free-speech restrictions

Posted on May 01, 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) ? Turkey's parliament approved a government-backed proposal Wednesday to soften a law restricting free speech that has been used to prosecute intellectuals and dissidents. The legislators voted 250-65 in favor of amending that section of Turkey's penal...

Law: Judge tosses out $5 mil verdict against NCAA

Posted on May 01, 2008
Retired Montgomery County Circuit Judge William Gordon granted appeals by the National Collegiate Athletic Association and threw out a $6 million jury verdict awarded to former University of Alabama football booster Ray Keller of Stevenson in his defamation lawsuit against...

Events: Travel Deals to Latin America

Posted on May 01, 2008
Check them out here.

Event: Student Recruitment Fair in Turkey

Posted on May 01, 2008
Register for it here.

Publications: Cengage Products on offer

Posted on May 01, 2008
Dear Professor, Final exams are around the corner and summer will be here before we know it! With that in mind, I want to be sure that you have all the materials (textbooks and/or technology) that you may need to...

Law: UCLA snoop is indicted

Posted on April 30, 2008
A former administrative specialist at UCLA Medical Center has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly selling information to the media from medical records of celebrity patients, according to a document unsealed Tuesday. Lawanda Jackson, 49, was indicted...

Trends: Penn State scores high on "greenness"

Posted on April 30, 2008
Although it can't conquer the powerhouse conferences on the athletic field, the Ivy League crushed its rivals in a green-energy contest sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that concluded this week. The Ivy League purchased a total of 222...

Trends: Short term study abroad programs grow in popularity

Posted on April 30, 2008
Julie Wootton, News Editor Issue date: 4/29/08 The number of students studying abroad in short-term programs has increased both for Whitworth and nationally. ?Nationally, short-term programs are becoming more and more popular,? said Sue Jackson, director of the International Education...

Event: PRIM&R Annual Conference in November

Posted on April 30, 2008
Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research: Learn more here.

Law: A regulatory round-table on new OPT rules

Posted on April 29, 2008
Colleagues: I forgot to mention that if you are experiencing the throes of evaporating budgets, you may request deferred payment when registering for our programs and we will invoice you after July 1st! Don't miss out on participating in our...

Law: A faculty speech/1st Amendment case from the AAUP

Posted on April 29, 2008
From: Rachel Levinson, AAUP Senior Counsel [mailto:aaup-news@aaup.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:38 PM To: Patrick J Cihon Subject: Faculty Speech and the First Amendment Imagine that you are teaching at a public university that not only supports but encourages...

Law: Eighth Circuit upholds law denying federal aid to drug offenders

Posted on April 29, 2008
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 07-1159 ___________ Students for Sensible Drug * Policy Foundation, on behalf * of itself and its members; * Kraig Selken; Nathan Bush; * Alex Schwab, on behalf of *...

Event: Fall 2008 diversity workshops available

Posted on April 29, 2008
We are currently taking fall 2008 reservations for bringing this popular workshop directly to campuses nationwide. Over the past four months, I have conducted campus workshops at University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Texas Tech University, Virginia Tech University, Florida Atlantic University,...

Law: DHS proposes biometrics at ports... comment period is now

Posted on April 29, 2008
On April 24, 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a proposed rule to establish an exit program at all air and sea ports of departure. The proposed rule would require aliens who are subject to United States Visitor...

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