Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Community colleges had been taking hard looks at their mental health services and ramping up what they provide since long before the shooting that killed 10 people and wounded several more at Umpqua Community College in Oregon last October. More...
Students invited to paint replacements on community wall
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When the Building Blocks Wall on Main Street was first constructed in 2012, it was a bright emblem of city pride and community. More...
University offers to slash tuition for city employees, family members
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Harrisburg officials on Tuesday announced a partnership with Eastern University that will provide 25-percent tuition discounts to city employees and their families. More...
Scholarship program offers aid for undocumented students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Hundreds of undocumented immigrant students now have access to millions of dollars in financial aid to attend Eastern Connecticut State University and Delaware State University. More...
UH secures funds to replace dilapidated Snyder Hall
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. State lawmakers have funded a long-awaited construction project at the University of Hawaii's flagship campus, but some faculty members have major concerns about the $55M plan. More...
At USC, a rare open door for transfer students
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. At many elite universities, transfer students are an exotic group, comprising a tiny subset of the undergraduate population. Stanford and Yale enrolled 29 new transfers apiece in 2014, Harvard 12. Princeton has not enrolled any transfers since 1990. More...
Two teens with similar backgrounds took very different paths to college
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Guadalupe and Lizbeth come from similar backgrounds. More...
Why do women get more university places?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. This isn't just a slight difference. Women in the UK are now 35 percent more likely than men to go to university and the gap is widening every year. More...
Dropbox Education aims to improve collaboration on campus
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The cloud storage service on Tuesday introduced Dropbox Education, designed to "help faculty and staff at colleges and universities stay productive." Priced at $49 per user per year, with volume-based discounts available, depending on your deployment size, the service offers 15GB of shared storage for each user. More...
Helping skilled immigrants convey their credentials
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Finding work in the medical field has been impossible for Shakera Rahimi since she immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan in 2014. More...