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Failing Grade on Alcohol
New data showing nationwide increases in drinking-related deaths among college students call into question the strategies being used to promote moderation.
Ferment Over For-Profit Colleges
Education Department tries again to allay concerns that it is taking regulatory aim at career institutions, amid accusations that stock prospectors are sowing uncertainty.
Supreme Court Will Hear Appeal in Student Loan Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider an appeal of a dispute over the circumstances in which bankruptcy plans...
Illinois Admissions Scandal Follows Provost to California
The scandal over admissions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- in which the politically connected received preference, many...
Frustrations Over Inquiry Into York U. Conference on Israel
Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council issued a statement Monday indicating that it has accepted assurances from York University...
Preliminary Numbers on Yellow Ribbon Participation
Monday was the deadline for colleges to sign up for the new Post-9/11 GI Bill's Yellow Ribbon Program, which allows...
Surprising Source of Grade Inflation
Virginia's high-stakes high school test -- and incentives used to get students to take it -- may have driven up grade point averages of college applicants from the commonwealth, study finds.