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Sallie Mae Breaks the Bank to Lobby Congress
Sallie Mae spent nearly $2 million in the first half of 2009 on federal lobbying at a time when Congress...
Rent, Read and Return
A growing number of companies are renting textbooks to college students, saying they're an alternative to sky-high price tags.
UC Irvine Cuts Five Sports Teams
Citing the state’s severe budget problems, the University of California at Irvine announced that it will cut its men’s and...
A Portrait of STEM Majors
Federal study finds that those who specialize in science and technology fields in college are disproportionately male and Asian, and more likely than peers to earn a degree.
NCAA Outpaces World Governing Body in Banning Controversial Swimsuit
With controversy swirling around swimmers' use of high-tech swimsuits and the stumbling approach of the sport's international governing body in...
Send in the Wolf
In a perilous time for many small colleges facing economic difficulties, a cadre of ex-presidents and consultants are increasingly called on to clean up the mess and set the stage for recovery.
Civil War Historians Ensnared in Hollywood Drama
Can a piece of narrative history inspired by a Hollywood screenplay be real history? That's the question raised by a...
The Equal Opportunity Library
Google's mammoth book digitization project means access to knowledge for minorities and the underrepresented, scholars and activists said Wednesday.