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When Students Drop the F-Bomb
At Hinds Community College, swearing can get you in trouble. "Public profanity, cursing and vulgarity" are all punishable with a...
Wins for Higher Ed in 2 State Votes
On a primary election day in which anti-tax, anti-government sentiment was strong nationally, public colleges and universities in Arizona and...
Chavez Nationalizes Private University
Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, this week nationalized Santa Inés University, a private institution, boasting to students that tuition would now...
More Academic Groups Condemn Arizona
A coalition of academic associations issued a joint statement Tuesday condemning Arizona's new immigration laws. The policy "threatens to inflame...
Historians Want Texas Standards Reconsidered
The officers and board of the American Historical Association on Tuesday issued a statement calling on the Texas State Board...
Is Admissions Process Too Trusting?
The Boston Globe explores the case of Adam Wheeler, the former Harvard University senior who used fraudulent materials to gain...