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Regulating Private Student Loans
Critics say exemption in bill to create Consumer Financial Protection Agency would let for-profit colleges ply students with their own high-interest loans.
'A True Liberal Arts Education'
At a time when the liberal arts sector feels ever-increasing pressure to justify its own existence, and when colleges are...
Harvard Group Rescinds Invitation to Anti-Immigrant Speaker
A Harvard University student group has rescinded an invitation to Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, to speak at...
U. of Cal. Shelves Idea of Higher Fees for Some Majors
The University of California is shelving, but may return to, a controversial idea of differential tuition rates based on major...
Wheeling Jesuit Refuses to Investigate Board Member
Wheeling Jesuit University has refused the request of a group that represents survivors of victims of sexual abuse by clergy...
University Sues Anonymous Blogger, and Student Surfaces
Butler U. says anonymous critic engaged in libel and defamation. He turned out to be an undergraduate writing about his stepmother's removal as department chair.
Flag Flap at U. of New Hampshire
A freshman at the University of New Hampshire has set off a debate there over the American flag. The student...
Out-of-State Dreams
Can more non-resident students (who pay higher tuition) balance budgets of flagship universities? A growing number of institutions think so. Some experts doubt the plans will work; others fear a shift in values.