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Harvard Urged to Award Posthumous Degrees to Expelled Gay Students
Students and faculty members are pressing Harvard University to award posthumous degrees to seven students expelled in the 1920s for...
Ruling Backs Southeastern Louisiana's Challenge to a Will
A state judge has awarded most of a woman's estate to the foundation that supports Southeastern Louisiana University, finding that...
Academic Minute: Leap Year Marriage Proposals
In today’s Academic Minute, Katherine Parkin of Monmouth University explains a fading American custom that made it acceptable for a...
Gingrich Backs Obama on Encouraging Higher Ed
Not all Republican presidential candidates question the wisdom of encouraging Americans to seek higher education. Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that...
House Passes Bill to Repeal Credit Hour, State Authorization
The House of Representatives voted 303-114 Tuesday to repeal the Education Department's credit hour and state authorization regulations, with 69...
U.S. Joins False Claims Lawsuit Against Texas Career College
The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that the government would join a lawsuit in which former employees of American Commercial...
Calif. Panel Calls for Clearer Goals and More Oversight of 2-Year Colleges
California's community colleges need a sharper, more focused set of goals and the state needs a stronger body to oversee...
Smith Women Redefine 'Pearls and Cashmere'
Smith College students and alumnae have come up with a creative response to an alumna's letter to The Sophian, the...