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Monitoring Meningitis Outbreaks
As the Princeton cases grow and Thanksgiving holiday approaches, CDC prepares for potentially wider use of an unlicensed vaccine and campus officials nationwide warn students to take precautions.
Drinking and (Critical) Thinking
Students who binge drink during college have significantly worse critical thinking skills than non-bingers upon graduation -- but only if they started college with comparatively low skills, study says.
Smoking Loophole
Colleges are trying to decide whether e-cigarettes should be banned as part of campus tobacco-free policies.
Penn State Backs Down
Amid faculty uproar, university abandons requirement that those who don't comply with annual health testing -- and complete a detailed health profile -- pay $100 a month.
Buyer Beware
College officials raise concerns about the private international student health insurance market, where there are plans that exclude coverage for chemotherapy or only pay up to $3,000 for surgery.
Just Say No
Federal judge bars Missouri college from requiring drug tests for all students.
Early Bird Catches the Counselor
The semester has barely started, but many counseling centers are struggling more than ever to keep up with students who are seeking help on day one or earlier.
Academic Approach to Alcohol
University of Idaho ups the stakes -- to expulsion -- for students with exceptionally low grades.