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House Panel Backs New Consumer Agency, Defeats Amendment on For-Profit Colleges
A House of Representatives committee on Thursday approved legislation that would create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency designed to...
Mississippi Changes Song in Bid to End Chant
The University of Mississippi has shortened its fight song, hoping to discourage fans from responding to the song with a...
U. of Texas Abandons Controversial Foreign Language Plan
The University of Texas at Austin has abandoned a controversial plan to cut the foreign language requirement in its College...
Stem Cell Debate in Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents is facing intense lobbying to limit stem cell research, now that the Obama...
Illinois Admissions Scandal: The Lawsuit
A rejected applicant has filed a suit -- hoping for a class action -- against the University of Illinois at...
Community Colleges Urged to Focus on Outcomes Data
The Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy at California State University at Sacramento released a report Wednesday, urging community...
NCAA Punishes Saint Leo U.
Saint Leo University, in Florida, has been punished by the National Collegiate Athletic Association for major violations by its cross...
Student Defends Need for Personal Assistant
Charley Cooper, a Georgetown University sophomore whose ad for a personal assistant has attracted attention (much of it mocking) on...