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Diane Ravitch Takes On Obama's Higher Ed Plan
An education analyst and former assistant Education Secretary who became famous for an about-face on No Child Left Behind warned...
Parents, Peers and Preventing Excessive Drinking
Parents can have an impact on the drinking habits of freshmen who are otherwise at high risk of abusing alcohol...
Academic Minute: TV Ads and Political Campaigns
In today’s Academic Minute, Dean Goldberg of Mount Saint Mary College reveals how political campaigns came to rely so heavily...
Many at USC Object to Latest James Franco Project
"Undergrads," a new online video project by James Franco, is not going over well at the University of Southern California...
Report: NCAA Poised to Review Division I Governance
With longstanding tensions rising between the wealthiest and most powerful programs and all other Division I members, the National Collegiate...
Gingrich Plan for (Other People) Paying for College
Newt Gingrich, trying to upset Mitt Romney in Florida's Republican presidential primary, devoted time during a recent speech to students...
Illinois-Springfield Senate Chief, Linked to E-Mail Scandal, Quits
Tih-Fen Ting, professor in environmental studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield, resigned as chair of the Senate at...
Enrollment Crunch at Cal State Northridge
Students and professors at California State University at Northridge are frustrated by strict limits on enrollments this semester, with most...