Prep Schools Face Cuts in Student Aid

By GERALDINE FABRIKANT

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The Bunn Library on the campus of the private Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.

The institutions’ endowments have suffered, making schools scramble for ways to keep their doors open to students who do not come from wealthy families.

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M.B.A.’s Guide Socially Concerned Entrepreneurs

By NAZANIN LANKARANI

Business school students have turned toward courses in social entrepreneurship.

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What value is an international focus for a business degree?

Pension Checks of Retired New York City Teachers Canceled

By JENNIFER 8. LEE

City and union officials attributed the mistake to the Bank of New York Mellon, which said it would return the money and cover any resulting overdraft fees.

Times Topics: Bank of New York Mellon

Alex and Alexandra Petrasincu and their daughter, Anna, at the Arbor. They pay $2,200 a month for a two-bedroom apartment.

Concierges and Marble Baths: For Some at Columbia, This Is Dorm Life

By LISA W. FODERARO

Taking advantage of the real estate downturn, the university bought the Arbor, a sleek condominium project in Riverdale that now houses graduate students.

M.I.T. Considers Increase in Student Body by 300

By JACQUES STEINBERG

MIT is considering expanding its student body by more than 7 percent if it is able to create additional student housing.

Obama Puts Spotlight on Education Grants

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG

To mark the first anniversary of his election, President Obama planned a trip to Madison, Wisc.

Florida Officials Fail to Provide Quality Education, Suit Claims

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The American Civil Liberties Union, citing low graduation rates, says officials are violating a requirement in the Florida Constitution.

Flu Shots for Students Begin Saturday

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Middle and high school students will be able to get the shots free in clinics that will be held throughout New York City over the next five weekends.

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23 Private College Presidents Made More Than $1 Million

By TAMAR LEWIN

The median pay for the presidents of 419 private colleges and universities surveyed was $358,746, a 5.5 percent increase over the previous year.

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Mount Holyoke College Names New President

By TAMAR LEWIN

Lynn Pasquerella, the provost of the University of Hartford, will take over this summer.

Major University in Russia Eases Fears on Rules

By ELLEN BARRY

St. Petersburg State University stated last week that researchers would not have to submit to an export-control screening before publishing their work overseas.

SYMBOLS Anthony Runco, left, and Taylor Giffen as cadets at Yale, at the Memorial Quadrangle Gate (forged with crests of the armed services).

The R.O.T.C. Dilemma

By MICHAEL WINERIP

The ban of the program at the elites is in its 40th year. Yet the students are hardly antimilitary. The opposite, in fact. Is it time to bring R.O.T.C. back?

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ORIENTATION In August, some 6,300 freshmen entered the University of Florida, one of the universities scrambling for money because states are kicking in less.

At Public Universities: Less for More

By PAUL FAIN

Why top flagships are raising tuition, enrolling better students and becoming more like privates. And why that may not be a good thing.

BROAD LENS Jim Conroy of New Trier High School counseling Richard Strzok and his father on strategy.

The Whole Applicant

By LISA W. FODERARO

Who are you, really? State schools want to know.

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Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard's president, says leaders need to communicate that there is nothing mysterious about their roles.

Leadership Without a Secret Code

Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard, says communication is crucial, whether it’s with employees resistant to change or students at Harvard Yard.

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For Debate: Who Picks School Board

By WINNIE HU

In Montclair, N.J., which will vote on whether to change its appointed board, groups and countergroups have formed on each side.

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Interactive Feature: Top of Their Class

Portraits of seven New York City high school valedictorians, with audio, photos and text from their graduation speeches.

Slide Show: Revisiting a Purge of Teachers

A lawsuit seeks to reopen documents on 1,150 New York City teachers who were investigated during the anti-Communist fervor of the 1950s. More than 370 were ousted from their jobs.

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An interactive tool to estimate the future cost of higher education.

Interactive Map: New to English

Students learning English are among the nation’s fastest-growing group of students.

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The R.O.T.C. Dilemma

By MICHAEL WINERIP

The ban of the program at the elites is in its 40th year. Yet the students are hardly antimilitary. The opposite, in fact. Is it time to bring R.OT.C. back?

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Slide Show: Public University Snapshots

Cutbacks and growth at eight top flagships. Text by Paul Fain.

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Slide Show: Simpler Substances

Student photographers roam their campuses for The New York Times. This issue: the marvels of making beer and sauerkraut. Text by Amanda M. Fairbanks.

Ray Browne, 87, Founder of Pop-Culture Studies, Dies

By MARGALIT FOX

Professor Browne presided over the somewhat unlikely, often uneasy and almost always stimulating marriage between the ivory tower and Mickey Mouse, Madonna and Michael Jackson.