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For-Profit University Pays to Settle Suit on Aid Fraud
United States University, a for-profit institution has agreed to pay $686,720 to the government to settle a civil suit filed...
Event Canceled, But Digital Public Library Launch to Go On
The Digital Public Library of America, an online repository of the nation's historical and cultural riches, will launch as scheduled...
Protests of Major Higher Ed Cuts in Australia
Students in Australia are protesting more than $2 billion in proposed cuts to higher education, which, according to Universities Australia...
‘Fact Checker’ Faults Kerry on Guns Comment
The Washington Post's Fact Checker column gave Secretary of State John Kerry’s statement that prospective foreign students are being deterred...
Merger Talks in Charleston
Officials of the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina are talking about a merger, The Post...
Trees Triumph at Western Michigan U.
Western Michigan University has called off a plan to build a new dining hall that would have required the destruction...
Boston U. Student, a Chinese National, Was Killed in Marathon Bombing
A Chinese graduate student at Boston University was the third victim of Monday's bombing at the finish line of the...
Academic Minute: Plastic in the Oceans
In today’s Academic Minute, Giora Proskurowski reassesses the amount of plastic pollution being held in the world’s oceans. Learn more...