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UC San Diego Sees Increase in Black Freshmen
The University of California at San Diego will enroll 68 black freshmen this year, up from 50 last fall, and...
Budget Deal in North Carolina Minimizes Cuts
A final legislative budget deal for North Carolina minimized cuts to higher education, and also gave both the community college...
Research Experiment Causes U. of Missouri Explosion
A research experiment apparently gone awry caused a 2,000-lb. hydrogen tank to explode in a chemistry building at the University...
National Adjunct Group Condemns East-West U.
The New Faculty Majority, a national adjunct organization, has become the latest to condemn a series of actions at East-West...
University Chancellor Sells Tobacco Stock
Susan Desmond-Hellmann is selling her tobacco stock. Desmond-Hellmann is the new chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco...
Byrd, Longtime Senator and Earmark King, Dies at 92
U.S. Sen. Robert W. Byrd, whose nearly 60 years representing West Virginia made him Congress's longest-serving member and brought his...
Recommendations on Nursing Education
Noting the widespread shortage of nurses, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has issued a report, "Charting Nursing's Future," with numerous...
U.S. Colleges, Citing Violence, Stay Away From Mexico
Many American colleges, citing the violence tied to drug gangs in parts of Mexico, are skipping summer programs there, The...