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Blackboard Considers Purchase Offers
Blackboard, the e-learning giant, announced on Tuesday that it has received "unsolicited, non-binding proposals" to be bought out. The company...
Students Protest Rejection of Gay-Straight Alliance at St. John's
Students at St. John's University in New York are protesting its refusal to recognize a gay-straight alliance, The New York...
Academics Win Pulitzers
Three academics were on Monday named winners of Pulitzer Prizes in arts and letters. Kay Ryan, who teaches at the...
Notre Dame Finds Fault Collectively, Not Individually, in Fatal Accident
A University of Notre Dame investigation into the October death of a student worker during a football practice found the...
Academic Minute: Plants and Insects
In today’s Academic Minute, Nicole Soper Gorden of the University of Massachusetts Amherst explains the love-hate relationship the plant kingdom...
U. of San Francisco to Keep Upward Bound
The University of San Francisco has announced an agreement to continue sponsorship of Upward Bound, a program that helps prepare...
Out-of-State Students on Rise at U. of California
Eighteen percent of freshmen admitted to the University of California system for the 2011-12 academic year are from outside the...
Lawmaker Clarifies Remarks on Pell Grants and Welfare
Representative Denny Rehberg, a Montana Republican who chairs the House appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over education programs, is clarifying his...