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Search results for "Chronicle of Higher Education" ...
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Higher education: Examining college finances
Blumenstyk details the varying sources for funding and expenditures in higher education. Included with the tipsheet is a listing of The Chronicle of Higher Education’s online databases about academe.
Tags: education; college; university; spending; private schools; public schools;
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The Chronicle of Education's online databases about academe
Brainard outlines the data available through The Chronicle of Higher Education that may be helpful in covering local universities. Included in the data sets are: compensation of college presidents; compensation for other university employees; what professors make; academe's pork barrel (Congressional earmarks going to universities).
Tags: Chronicle of Higher Education; data; academia; Congress; university salaries; earmarks
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Sports reporting: the real records
Fish's tipsheet provides suggestions on how to better cover the sports beat. He stresses hustle and legwork, assertive inquisitiveness, and the public documents available in the sports world.
Tags: sports; open records law; Form 990; NCAA; BCS; Chronicle of Higher Education; coaching salaries
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Covering Higher Education
This tipsheet provides pointers on access to crime and salary information in the higher education system. It provides some guidelines on what is considered public information and how to evaluate the information once you have it. This file includes full text of four series: Women's Teams in NCAA's Division I See Gains in Participation and Budget; Alcohol Arrests on Campuses Jumped 10% in 1996, Drug Arrests Increased by 5%; Student Rioters Demand the 'Right to Party': What They Earned in 1996-97: a Survey of Private Colleges' Pay and Benefits.
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