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• 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

  By Anna Nemtsova

  In a recent meeting about modernizing the country's economy, Dmitri Medvedev promoted the creation of university-based companies.

• 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
• 'Virginia Quarterly Review' Closes Its Offices, Pending UVa Investigation