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Student Loan Lobbying Intensifies
As Congress prepares to take up their 2010 budget blueprints, supporters and critics of President Obama's proposal to eliminate the...
Harvard Encourages Learning ... for the Sake of Learning
Harvard University is taking steps to encourage more students to major in subjects that are central to knowledge, even if...
MIT Police Charged With Dumping Student Newspaper
Two police officers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been suspended and are having their employment reviewed following allegations...
Court Upholds Dismissal of Delaware State Professor
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Delaware State University's firing of a professor, Wendell Gorum, after he was found...
Former WebCT CEO Becomes Acting CEO of Wimba
Carol Vallone, who was CEO of WebCT before it was acquired by Blackboard, has become acting CEO of Wimba, a...
Settlement in Dispute on Academic Freedom and Assisted Suicide
Russel Ogden will be able to resume his research on assisted suicide, according to a settlement announced by the Canadian...
At Madison, a Plan to Charge More and Deliver More
The University of Wisconsin at Madison is proposing a surcharge on all students from family incomes of at least $80,000...
TIAA-CREF Toughens Sudan Stance -- Without Divestment Yet
TIAA-CREF on Thursday announced a tougher position on several companies that have been accused of supporting the authorities who encourage...