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Professor to Quit After Losing Fight With U. of Alaska
A marine conservationist who has battled with -- and, it appears, lost to -- the University of Alaska and National...
South African University Reconsiders Controversial Decision
The University of the Free State, a South African institution, has been facing intense criticism over an announcement that it...
Professor Dies From H1N1 Complications
M. Wayne Knight, a professor of art at Humboldt State University, died on Wednesday from complications brought on by H1N1...
Student Bludgeoned to Death in Dorm Room
A new transfer student at Sacramento State University was bludgeoned to death in his dormitory room, The San Jose Mercury...
'Saving Alma Mater'
The system for financing public higher education is broken -- and not just because of the recession, according to James...
House Panel Backs New Consumer Agency, Defeats Amendment on For-Profit Colleges
A House of Representatives committee on Thursday approved legislation that would create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency designed to...
Mississippi Changes Song in Bid to End Chant
The University of Mississippi has shortened its fight song, hoping to discourage fans from responding to the song with a...
Online and in Exile
In the first case of its kind, Maryland has barred an online degree program due to its similarity to a classroom-based program at a historically black university.