Facing a cutthroat academic job market, many doctoral students are now willing to explore the possibility of a community-college career. And they have many questions. In Part 1 of this series, the author focused on the hiring process at two-year colleges and answered some common questions like "Do I have to have a Ph.D. to teach in that sector?"…

In this article, the author features Ben Gurion University of the Negev, which was established in 1969 in Beersheba, the south's largest city, with a self-proclaimed double mission: to educate students and to help solve the many problems that have plagued the communities that surround it. While it is clear that one university cannot solve the…

As protesters across the Arab world demand an end to autocratic regimes that have drained universities of resources and suffocated critical thinking, scholars see some hope of an Arab renaissance and a new opening for American involvement. From the ancient Library of Alexandria to a new Islamic-arts museum in Qatar that holds 700-year-old…

The Fulbright Program is one of the most successful fellowship programs around. About 1,500 students and 1,300 scholars from the United States and abroad are studying and working on Fulbrights this academic year. But the U.S. State Department, which oversees the program, has been concerned in recent years about the lack of diversity among American…

Twenty-eight months after Hurricane Katrina forced the closures of more than a half-dozen New Orleans colleges and universities, many of them are still struggling to regain their enrollments and restore buildings damaged by floodwater and mold. Over all, college enrollment in New Orleans increased slightly in the fall of 2007, reaching 74 percent…

This table, compiled by the College Board, lists tuition and fees for 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 for in-state and out-of-state students for over 3,000 institutions of higher education. The figures represent charges to first-time, full-time undergraduates based on a nine-month academic year of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours. Schools are listed…

Data for administrators in 61 secondary administrative positions are given for universities, four-year colleges, public two-year colleges, and all institutions as a group. (MSE)

Data on each state's fiscal 1996-97 appropriations to postsecondary education are presented, giving dollar amounts and two-year changes for individual institutions and other categories, such as aid to private colleges and allocations for vocational education, community colleges, technical colleges, and student financial aid. States are also ranked…

The median salaries of secondary-position administrators (i.e., assistant or program administrators) in 69 administrative functions are reported for all universities, all four-year colleges, community colleges, and all institutions. Data were derived from an annual national survey by the College and University Personnel Association. (MSE)