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Mass Shooting at Oregon Community College
Multiple people were killed or injured this afternoon by a shooter at Umpqua Community College, which is located in Roseburg...
Fraternity Faces Arrests and Suspension at U of Alabama
The arrests of five University of Alabama students on hazing charges late Wednesday was quickly followed by the university's announcement...
Congress Lets Perkins Loan Program Lapse
The U.S. Senate failed to take action on a last-ditch effort to renew the federal Perkins Loan program, letting the...
Academic Minute: Discrimination in STEM
In today's Academic Minute, Mary Murphy, assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University at Bloomington, discusses women...
Report: 11 States Spend More on Corrections Than Higher Ed
In the five years following 2008, state appropriation support for the median public research university declined by more than 26...
Senate Proposal for Alternative Accreditation Path
Senator Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, and Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, this week introduced a bill that would...
U of Chicago Gets $100 Million to Study Global Conflicts
The University of Chicago announced Wednesday that it would receive $100 million to create a research institute to study global...
Student Loan Default Rate Drops
The proportion of student loan borrowers who defaulted on their debt within three years fell to 11.8 percent for those...