A Chronicle survey shows that students face an array of choices when evaluating financial packages, making comparisons difficult.

• Profiles in Stipends: 6 Students' Deals
• Database: Stipends for Graduate Assistants, 2008-9

Psychology Departments Modify Their Behavior

Keeping Costs Down Will Grow Harder, Report Says

Kevin Carey: 'Measuring Up' Is the Right Report at the Right Time

Can brain imaging reveal who you are? The idea is less outlandish than you might think, writes Thomas Bartlett.
Colin DeYoung (above), a personality researcher at the U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities. (Photograph by Bruce Kluckhohn)

Brain scans and genetic tests are changing our understanding of mental disorders. But so far, the fruits of research have not made their way into the clinic, writes Richard Monastersky.

Economists, philosophers, and film scholars are among those collaborating with brain-imaging experts to shed interdisciplinary light on how we think and feel, writes Jennifer Ruark.

Rutgers U. at New Brunswick offers among the most generous stipends for teaching assistants in several academic fields covered by a Chronicle survey. Above, students gather outside the university's art-history department. (Photograph by Nick Romanenko, Rutgers U.)

The Brown Bag: Read a transcript of an online discussion with Barbara A. Lee, an expert in higher-education law and a professor at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, about strategies for navigating difficult classroom conversations and controversial topics while teaching, without landing yourself — or your institution — in a lawsuit.

Also of Interest

A Chronicle report looks at how well certain colleges have done in recruiting professors from minority groups and explores various debates about diversity on campuses. Tables show the race and ethnicity of faculty members and students at more than 3,000 colleges.

Grant Makers' New Tool
More and more grant makers are melding their charitable priorities with their asset portfolios. Some experts say the investment turmoil of recent months may soon prompt more foundations to turn to such investments as they rethink their approach to achieving returns.

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