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Civil Rights Coalition Backs Tough Rules for For-Profit Colleges
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 200 national organizations, on Thursday released a...
Academic Minute: The Super Bowl and Advertisers
In today’s Academic Minute, Amanda Bower of Washington and Lee University explains the Super Bowl’s rare position as a shared...
Court Upholds Closed Hearing by Western Washington U.
The Washington State Supreme Court upheld the right of Western Washington University to hold closed disciplinary hearings for a professor...
Appeal Filed in Affirmative Action Case
Lawyers whose arguments against the consideration of race in admissions at the University of Texas at Austin were recently rejected...
Law School Sued for Kicking Out Student for Drug Conviction
David Powers is suing St. John's University after its law school kicked him out over a 10-year-old conviction for selling...
American U. in Cairo Postpones President's Inaugural
Lisa Anderson, the new president of American University in Cairo, was scheduled to be inaugurated this coming Monday -- and...
Shelving Hunger
The difficult economy prompts students to create campus food banks for use by their peers.
High Enrollers
New data from the Education Department show booming enrollments (with for-profit colleges leading the pack) and steady graduation rates.