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“It is much better to read books of travel than to travel oneself,” Somerset Maugham wrote. Pico Iyer is grateful he failed to take his own advice... more»
 
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Could texting be good for students?
 
Iran's Nuclear Response Creates a Quandary for Obama

By ANDREW LEE BUTTERS - By pushing back against what Western powers regard as the key aspect of a nuclear deal, Tehran is making clear that there'll be no quick diplomatic solution to the standoff

 

 
Cyberattacks traced to N. Korea
 
 
addenda - education stuff from the NYT
 

The R.O.T.C. Dilemma
By MICHAEL WINERIP



Joyce Dopkeen for The New York Times
SYMBOLS Anthony Runco, left, and Taylor Giffen as cadets at Yale, at the Memorial Quadrangle Gate (forged with crests of the armed services).

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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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.

Slide Show: Public University Snapshots
Graphic: States' Evidence
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The Whole Applicant
By LISA W. FODERARO
Who are you, really? State schools want to know.

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.



Drop the Halloween Mask! It Might Scare Someone
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
Deeming some Halloween traditions too scary or offensive, schools across the country are limiting what costumes are acceptable.

Slide Show
City Room: Only-in-New York Costume Ideas
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College Enrollment Set Record in 2008
By TAMAR LEWIN
Almost 40 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds were enrolled in college last year, a Pew Research Center study found.



After Error by Yale, Anger and a Court Fight Ensue
By JOHN SCHWARTZ
A major Korean university in Seoul has accused Yale of negligence after it mistakenly confirmed a professor’s claims of having a Ph.D.

Federal Researchers Find Lower Standards in Schools
By SAM DILLON
A study shows that nearly a third of the states lowered their academic standards to avoid the penalties under the No Child Left Behind law.