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55% of Campuses Report H1N1 Cases, College Health Survey Shows
More than half of the 165 colleges providing information to the American College Health Association reported instances of the H1N1...
Duncan Praises -- and Challenges -- Historically Black Colleges
WASHINGTON -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a gathering of presidents of historically black colleges and universities Wednesday that their...
412 Stanford Layoffs
In a sign of the impact of the recession on colleges with large endowments, Stanford University announced that total layoffs...
Student Loan Borrowing Rose Sharply in 2008-9
Students took out 25 percent more in federal student loans in 2008-9 than they did the year before, according to...
Oakland U. Faculty Set to Skip Opening of Classes
Oakland University's faculty voted late Wednesday to authorize a strike, and the faculty union urged members to skip today's first...
The Humanities and the NEH
In podcast interview, James A. Leach, the endowment's new chair, discusses his priorities -- including more attention to understanding world cultures.
H1N1 Creeps Onto Campuses
With fall classes beginning at many institutions, administrators are getting a chance to test out the "swine flu" prevention and containment plans they've been formulating since the virus first appeared last spring.