Daily news and job-information source for college and university faculty members, administrators, and studentshttp://chronicle.com/en-USCopyright 2008 The Chronicle of Higher EducationMon, 12 May 2008 01:30:06 -0400rss@chronicle.comrss@chronicle.comhttp://chronicle.com/icons/98/a/tn_rss.gifhttp://chronicle.com/14425Today's Newshttp://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/288481459/2797n.htmhttp://chronicle.com/daily/2008/05/2797n.htm?rssThe rate at which universities spend their endowments remains a hot topic in the nation's capital, as evidenced by a standing-room-only crowd that gathered on Friday for a panel at an American Bar Association meeting on taxation.<img src="http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~4/288481459" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/05/2797n.htm?rsshttp://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/288481460/2807n.htmhttp://chronicle.com/daily/2008/05/2807n.htm?rssLegal and political obstacles facing international scholars and the effects of the Internet revolution on scholarly communication topped the agenda at the 2008 conference of the American Council of Learned Societies in Pittsburgh last week.<img src="http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~4/288481460" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/05/2807n.htm?rsshttp://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~3/288481461/2806n.htmhttp://chronicle.com/daily/2008/05/2806n.htm?rssUniversities officially closed on Friday, but classes had already been disrupted for days. Professors who remained in Beirut coped with fear and uncertainty.<img src="http://feeds.chronicle.com/~r/chronicle/news/~4/288481461" height="1" width="1"/>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:00:00 -0400http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/05/2806n.htm?rss