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By James Ottavio Castagnera and Patrick J. Cihon

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Last Entry: May 09, 2008 at 06:55:13

Law: Random selection for H-1B petitions

Posted on April 29, 2008
Random Selection Process on H-1B Petitions On April 14, 2008 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) conducted a random selection process on H-1B petitions for fiscal year 2009. The selections were made on the petitions that qualified for the...

Publications: A Call for Papers

Posted on April 29, 2008
Call for Papers: IIENetworker Magazine Fall 2008 Issue Theme: "From Cairo to Cape Town: International Education Trends in Africa" IIENetworker, the international education magazine of the Institute of International Education (IIE), invites submissions for publication in its upcoming Fall 2008...

Publication: A student-retention newsletter on offer

Posted on April 29, 2008
Check it out here.

Law: EU scientists claim discovery of a nicotine gene

Posted on April 29, 2008
Brussels, 3 April 2008 Smoking genes? European scientists discover the first case of a genetic dependence to nicotine Scientists from an EU-supported consortium have discovered that a mutation in a human gene confers nicotine dependence. They have shown that a...

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Law: West Virginia's Provost and Biz Dean step down amidst controversy

Posted on April 29, 2008
Read the story here. Read the underlying report here.

Controversy: A new IRanian-produced film depicts Jesus as a man, not a God

Posted on April 29, 2008
Jesus sat and peeled an orange as his companion, Nader Talebzadeh, began to speak, precisely, so as not to be misunderstood on a matter so sensitive. The Iranian director's new film is based on the Islamic version of the life...

Publications: The Greentree Gazette's new weekly e-zine

Posted on April 29, 2008
Access it here.

Publications: New documents from NACUA

Posted on April 29, 2008
New Documents on NACUA.WEB: FDA: Human Subject Protection--Foreign Clinical Studies Complete text (17 pages) of Final Rule issued by the Food and Drug Administration and published in the April 28 Federal Register. In the final rule, the FDA amends is...

Ethics: Med school organization urges ban on industry gifts

Posted on April 29, 2008
Read the story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read the report Download industryfunding.pdf

Event: NAFSA reaches out to college presidents

Posted on April 28, 2008
Dear Colleague: Earlier this month, we sent an invitation to college and university presidents and chancellors in Regions VII and X to attend a special series of events we are hosting for them at the NAFSA Annual Conference in Washington...

Trends: Universities worry about boomer-faculty retirements

Posted on April 28, 2008
Baby boom-era professors nationwide are postponing retirement because of the poor economy, but when they finally do retire, campuses across the nation will be competing for fewer qualified employees to replace them, educators and researchers said.Read the whole story here.

Publications: News from the Emerald Literati Network

Posted on April 28, 2008
View the website here.

Law: Bush pushes for a quick legislative fix for student loans

Posted on April 28, 2008
President Bush weighed in over the weekend on student-lending woes, urging Congress to act quickly to pass legislation to improve the stability of student loans.Read the rest of this story in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Trend: Gene therapy helps the blind see

Posted on April 28, 2008
The controversial technique could eventually help people with blindness caused by such vision disorders as macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 28, 2008 For the first time, researchers have used...

Trend: Raised in boom times, Gen-Xers see dreams go bust

Posted on April 28, 2008
Will they start suing their alma maters? Few can remember a time when jobs weren't plentiful and life wasn't one big shopping trip. Now they are out of work and drowning in debt. By Daniel Costello, Los Angeles Times Staff...

Opinion: Senate's ban on genetics discrimination doesn't go far enough

Posted on April 28, 2008
The Senate's recently passed ban on genetic discrimination is laudable, but it doesn't go far enough. By Russell Korobkin April 26, 2008 Amy carries the BRCA1 gene, which is associated with an elevated risk of breast cancer. Beth has an...

Opinion: America?s 21st Century Proletariat Is an Ominous Omen

Posted on April 27, 2008
By James Castagnera Attorney at Large The story seemed like an April Fool?s joke when it appeared in the media on April 1st. The America?s Promise Alliance, chaired by founder Colin Powell, reported that fewer than 50 percent of big-city...

Law Primer: Labor Relations in Higher Education

Posted on April 27, 2008
by Patrick J. Cihon Private Sector Universities The National Labor Relations Act [NLRA], 29 U.S.C. �151 et seq., is federal legislation that controls private sector labor relations activities between employers and employees. It should be noted that the NLRA creates...

Law Primer: Post-Tenure Review

Posted on April 26, 2008
by Patrick J. Cihon Introduction. Once faculty members are awarded tenure, there may be institutional concerns regarding how to ensure that they remain productive members of the academic community. One mechanism to address that concern has been the establishment of...

Law: IRS still wants to force endowments to spend in line with resources

Posted on April 25, 2008
The Internal Revenue Service is stepping up efforts to ensure that the nation?s charities are not hoarding or wasting money, a top official of the agency said today. Steven T. Miller, commissioner of the IRS?s tax-exempt and government-entities division, said...

Event: Roundtable on new OPT rule

Posted on April 25, 2008
Colleagues: On Wednesday, May 14, we will be hosting an F-1 Regulatory Round Table Discussion with our primary focus the New OPT Rule. This will take place 1:30-4:30 PM at the Midtown Holiday Inn in Manhattan. The cost is FREE...

Publication:New edition of J. of College and University Law available

Posted on April 25, 2008
Good day NACUA members. We are pleased to send you Volume 34, No. 2 of the Journal of College and University Law. By clicking on the article titles below, you will be connected to the full text of each article...

Law: Radford renews its faculty with retirement bucks

Posted on April 25, 2008
RADFORD -- It was clear from the beginning that Radford University's high-speed restructuring of its general education program would reshape about 40 percent of what goes into a Radford education. Now it's clear that it will also change who will...

Law: Sungard deals with identity theft issue

Posted on April 25, 2008
MALVERN, Pa., April 22, 2008 ? A laptop containing personally identifiable information was stolen from a SunGard Higher Education employee on March 13, 2008. Brian Madocks, chief executive officer of SunGard Higher Education today issued the following statement: ?On behalf...

Survey: Deadline for Datatel survey is April 30th

Posted on April 25, 2008
The deadline for survey submissions is April 30th! Your feedback is very important to the continued growth of Colleague. Please fill out the survey today! Each year Datatel surveys the Student community to collect feedback concerning client satisfaction and to...

Event: Last chance at an early bird special for the Chronicle's leadership forum

Posted on April 25, 2008
Dear James Castagnera: A quick reminder: you can save $100 off the registration fee for The Chronicle Executive Leadership Forum, but you must sign up by Monday, April 28. In a day and a half of carefully programmed sessions, the...

Law: Congress weighs role of social scientists in war

Posted on April 25, 2008
Washington The Pentagon must take better advantage of social scientists' insights about warfare and terrorism, several members of Congress said during a hearing on Thursday that was jointly sponsored by the House Armed Services Committee and the House Committee on...

Law: Senate bill would ban genetic discrimination

Posted on April 25, 2008
The legislation, which the House is expected to approve quickly and President Bush has promised to sign, would prevent information gleaned from genetic testing to be used against people. By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer April 25, 2008...

Opportunity: Canada offers a grant program

Posted on April 25, 2008
Dear Dr Castagnera The Canadian Government, through its Embassy and Consulates in the United States, supports research, conferences, teaching, and program activity related to Canada and/or Canada-U.S. relations. Our grant program seeks to encourage comparative research and teaching, faculty exchanges,...

Law: Report Sez Lawmakers SHould Focus Energies on Adult Student Population

Posted on April 24, 2008
Washington ? Colleges and universities are increasingly looking for ways to lure adult students to their campuses, believing that the education of older students may well hold the ticket to bolstering local and regional economies. But lawmakers who set state...

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