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Volume 9, Issue 1; March 2008

What about a common reading program at the University of Arkansas?

Sheila Burkhalter, Director of First Year Experience Programs, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Jones Chair in Community, Department of Sociology, Karen Hodges, Director of Remediation and Retention Activities, Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, David Jolliffe, Professor of English and Brown Chair in English Literacy, Bob McMath, Professor of History and Dean of the Honors College, Pat Slattery, Associate Professor of English and Director of Composition, and Bob Smith, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Universiry of Arkansas

Our Turn

Some Lessons Learned—From a Global Perspective

H. Lee Scott, President of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas

The School of Law and Ukraine

Christopher Kelley, Associate Professor of Law, University of Arkansas

Extraordinary People in Unusual Places

Matt Waller—News From Shanghai

Bob Smith, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas

Chronolog: December 1, 2007 through February 29, 2008 (PDF)

Headlines from the Chronicle of Higher Education.

U. of Delaware Approves New Diversity Discussions for Students

The new, voluntary program will replace one tossed out last fall after coming under criticism as "thought reform."

How It Does It: The RIAA Explains How It Catches Alleged Music Pirates

To catch college students trading copyrighted songs online, the Recording Industry Association of America uses the same file-sharing software they do, an RIAA representative told The Chronicle during a private demonstration of its methods.

State High-School Exit Tests Do Not Improve Academic Achievement, Study Finds

A new study has found that state requirements that students pass exit tests to graduate from high school appear to do nothing to improve achievement on federal reading and mathematics tests.

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