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Knowledge@Wharton	Selling Out: Are Universities Turning into Corporate Enclaves? Derek Bok's new book, Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education, sets the record straight, explaining how, during the last 25 years, universities' commercial investments have grown at a tremendous pace.
AskMen.com December 10, 2003 Steve Seepersaud	Why Is The NCAA Downsizing? While money is a major reason colleges cut sports teams, it certainly isn't the only reason.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003	More Troubles For Britain's Blair Tony Blair's credibility as Prime Minister is on the line in his battle to require British university graduates to pay about $5,100 per year in fees after entering the workforce. The measure has sparked a rebellion in his Labour Party.
Reason December 2003 Julian Sanchez	Economic Education: Skyrocketing college costs It doesn't take a Ph.D. to see that college tuition costs are skyrocketing. The economic forces driving tuition are at once simple to understand and difficult to do anything about.
ifeminists November 25, 2003 Thor L. Halvorssen	Religious Liberty in Peril on Campus, National Surveys Reveal; Administrators, Students Ignorant of the Most Fundamental Rights According to two recent surveys, college students are very uninformed about the religious freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Financial Advisor November 2003 Tracey Longo	Does The Bell Toll For 529 Plans? Tax free still trumps taxable accounts just about every time.
ifeminists November 11, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Colleges Charge Big for Worthless Curricula Before they send their children onto a college campus in North America, parents should read two new reports. What passes for education at many universities is not merely an intellectual embarrassment; it is also tremendously expensive.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 William C. Symonds	Cash-Cow Universities For-profits are growing fast and making money. Do students get what they pay for?
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Stanley D. Lindsey	On-Demand Lectures Create an Effective Distributed Education Experience Tablet PCs help a Georgia Institute of Technology professor focus more time on students' needs and less time on 'chalking and talking.'
T.H.E. Journal November 2003 Theresa Rowe	Oakland University Overhauls Its E-mail System In March 2003, Oakland University made the transition to a new e-mail system, and things haven't been the same since. Problems of the past are now gone: poor performance, overtaxed system resources, antiquated user customization and unreliability among other problems.
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