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Pittsburgh Mayor Wants to Tax College Tuition
Luke Ravenstahl, mayor of Pittsburgh, is proposing a 1 percent tax on college tuition, hoping to raise millions to help...
Shifts in Grad Enrollments
Figures for first-time students who are from the U.S. are up 6 percent; new international numbers are flat, with significant variation by country.
University in Brazil Reverses Expulsion Over Skirt
Bandeirante University, in Brazil, on Monday announced that it was reversing the expulsion of a student who was kicked out...
Teaching for Free
U. of California at Davis asks faculty to forfeit stipends they get for leading freshman seminars, generating some givebacks and some resentment.
A Call to Innovate in Academic Medicine
Even if Congress and President Obama agree on health care reform legislation, much of the actual reform will require the...
Anger at Northwestern Over Blackface Costumes
Many students at Northwestern University are upset over the blackface Halloween costumes of some white students, NBC Chicago reported. Morton...
American Groups Lobby Against Israel Boycott in Norway
With a decision expected this week at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology on a proposal to boycott Israeli...
From Grade Disagreement to $40M Suit
A former student at the University of Michigan at Flint is suing the institution for $40 million, saying he dropped...