They're Talking On Campus.

. . . About the fifth consecutive year of pay raises, greater than the inflation rate for college administrators. Administrative salaries at colleges and universities rose by an average of 4.7 percent in the 2001-2002 academic year, notes the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources' annual salary survey.

Administrative positions, including chief business officers, chief financial officers, and general counsels, saw the largest salary increase at 5.4 percent. Academic positions—deans, directors, and others—followed at 5.2 percent, while student-services positions increased 4.1 percent. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.6 percent over the period the data for the survey were collected.

. . . About a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that the University of Michigan's law school's policy of considering race in deciding which students to admit did not discriminate against white applicants.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled, 5 to 4, to overturn a lower court's ruling that the admissions policy did discriminate against white applicants.

"We are satisfied that the law school's admissions policy sets appropriate limits on the competitive consideration of race and ethnicity," the majority said.

This case, Grutter v. Bollinger, involved the university's law school. The court said it would decide Gratz v. Bollinger, involving undergraduate admissions, at a later date.

Both lawsuits were mounted by the Center for Individual Rights.