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Southern Illinois Professors Declare a Strike
The full-time faculty union at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale declared a strike shortly after midnight, citing the lack of...
Ivy Tech Faculty Member Falls to Death
An Ivy Tech Community College faculty member died Wednesday after falling from a tower where he was teaching students wind...
Wisconsin Assembly Votes to End Consideration of Race in Scholarship Program
The Wisconsin Assembly voted Wednesday to end consideration of race in a state grant program for disadvantaged students attending colleges...
Average Loan Burden for 2010 Graduates Rises 5%
The average student loan debt of the two-thirds of seniors who graduated from college with federal debt in 2010 rose...
Harvard Center Helps Lady Gaga With New Foundation
Lady Gaga on Wednesday announced that she is creating the Born This Way Foundation to focus on youth issues such...
Academic Minute: Words, Sounds, and Meaning
In today’s Academic Minute, Lycoming College's Daniela Ribitsch examines the arbitrary connection between words and the objects they represent. Find...
15 of 39 Full-Time Professors Will Lose Jobs at Clatsop CC
Clatsop Community College, in Oregon, announced that 15 of the 39 full-time faculty members will lose their jobs after the...
Petition on Student Aid Gathers Thousands of Signatures
A petition calling on Congress to protect Pell Grants, student loans and other financial aid programs from budget cuts has...