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Columbia Will Divest From Private Prison Companies
Columbia University's board voted Monday to divest its endowment from private prison companies, CNN reported. Columbia may be the first...
Academic Minute: Silicene Transistors and Moore’s Law
In today's Academic Minute, Deji Akinwande, an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering...
Refunds Offered for Sweet Briar Transfers
Three women's colleges that accepted students transferring from Sweet Briar College plan to refund the deposits of any student who...
CFPB Letter on Student Debt Relief Scams
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Monday wrote to three web search engines -- Google, Bing and Yahoo --...
Mass Murderer Again Applies to U of Oslo
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer who killed 77 people in an attack in 2011, has again applied to...
Monks Sue Benedictine U in Governance Dispute
The monks who founded Benedictine University, in Illinois, have sued the institution, saying that it is ignoring their authority, The...
More Questions on Graduation Rates at Ivy Tech
Ivy Tech Community College, a statewide community college system in Indiana, has been facing questions from legislators about what they...
Elson Floyd, President of Washington State, 1956-2015
Elson S. Floyd, president of Washington State University since 2007, died Saturday from complications from colon cancer. Floyd won widespread...