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Parents' View of the Economy
Even as many colleges report increased student applications, administrators remain deeply worried about what will happen to enrollments this fall...
Banned in Boston
After radio show starts campaign against William Ayers lecture, BC calls off his talk -- citing sensitivity to a police officer's killing that may have had nothing to do with the Weather Underground.
Ph.D. Admissions Shrinkage
Even as colleges push to fill undergraduate, master's and professional classes, some institutions are shrinking doctoral programs, where the finances differ.
Court Upholds Dismissal of Delaware State Professor
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Delaware State University's firing of a professor, Wendell Gorum, after he was found...
MIT Police Charged With Dumping Student Newspaper
Two police officers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been suspended and are having their employment reviewed following allegations...
Harvard Encourages Learning ... for the Sake of Learning
Harvard University is taking steps to encourage more students to major in subjects that are central to knowledge, even if...
Trans-Ition
A number of universities have expanded health care benefits in recent years to cover sexual reassignment surgery for transgender students and employees, a move some see as an obligation for institutions with nondiscrimination policies that cover the population.
Student Loan Lobbying Intensifies
As Congress prepares to take up their 2010 budget blueprints, supporters and critics of President Obama's proposal to eliminate the...