Inside Higher Ed--November 20 ,2008, by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London and Minneapolis, in Paris on assignment

by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, London and Minneapolis, in  Paris on assignment

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November 20, 2008

Hello. Here's what's new on our site today: Concerns About Clustering USA Today report finds athletes on hundreds of Division I teams are overrepresented in one major at their colleges, raising questions about whether NCAA’s academic rules are driving choices. >;> View full article Looking to the Past to Ban Legacy Admissions For second time this year, law review articles suggest that — if you go back far enough — a legal case can be made that preferences for alumni children are illegal. >> View full article New Model for Education Research Carnegie Foundation’s new president proposes a reform of teacher education programs. >> View full article ADVERTISEMENT A new resource in the ACE series on advancing campus internationalization offers guidance for CAOs leading internationalization efforts. Order "A Guide to Internationalization for CAOs." Complicating Notions of ‘Community’ in Education Anthropologists consider limitations of the term in educational research. >> View full article Top Profs The 2008 U.S. Professors of the Year are being honored today by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. >> View full article Quick Takes: Athletic Oversight Found Lacking at Rutgers, College Blasted Over Use of Bond Funds, Gift Doubles Le Moyne Endowment, IPO for For-Profit College, Tenn. State Bans ‘Juicy’ Web Site, Conversation Monitors at a Canadian University >> View full article   VIEWS Diversity of Ideas: Military Education on Campus From Iraq, Rich Morales, a Yale alum, White House fellow, and battalion commander, weighs in on the university’s debate over restoring an officer training corps to its campus. >> View full article ADVERTISEMENT BizSchoolJobs: Exclusively at www.aacsb.edu. The only career center dedicated to business schools: providing customizable features and tools to make your recruitment campaign/job search a success. Inside Higher Ed's Home for Academic Blogging: Confessions of a Community College Dean Harder Than It Looks Wednesday November 19, 2008 Mama PhD Motherhood After Tenure: Advice to an ABD Wednesday November 19, 2008 Getting to Green Research in the eating lab Tuesday November 18, 2008 University Diaries The Catharctic Half-Light -- Norman Maclean, Part Two Sunday November 16, 2008 The Education of Oronte Churm Desperately Seeking Dubuffet Friday November 14, 2008 Reality Check Performing to Make Money—Making Money to Perform Sunday October 19, 2008 Looking for more information? To make sure you get the next issue of our newsletter, please add newsroom@insidehighered.com to your address book.

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