By Rick Seltzer. Sigma Phi Epsilon leaves a fraternity trade association, saying the organization needs to do more for student safety. More...
A System Divided?
By Rick Seltzer. University of North Carolina system's top lawyer issues cease-and-desist letter to outside lawyer said to be representing some of its board members. More...
Tug-of-War Over Students' Votes
By Greta Anderson. Efforts to suppress -- and protect -- the rights of student voters grow as they become a more influential bloc. Whether they voted in local elections or cast ballots on statewide issues, the elections last week showed the stakes are high. More...
States Ramp Up Aid Programs
By Greta Anderson. A report on 2017-18 state grants and aid shows that grant programs, including funding boosts in Florida and New York, contributed to a significant increase in state aid nationally. More...
USC Student Deaths Possibly Linked to Drug Overdoses
By Greta Anderson. The University of Southern California is investigating whether several of the nine student deaths on its campus during the fall semester were caused by drug overdoses, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. More...
Wake-Up Call
By Greta Anderson. Several student deaths in the last month at the University of Southern California may have been overdoses. Other institutions are searching for ways to address the opioid epidemic before it costs lives on their campuses. More...
Prosecutors: Boston College Student Coerced to Commit Suicide
By Greta Anderson. Prosecutors have charged a former Boston College student from South Korea in the death of her boyfriend, accusing her of “unrelenting” intimate partner abuse. More...
Roses and Thorns
By Greta Anderson. Supporters of Ohio State plan to create undergraduate degree program in esports believe it will produce versatile and employable graduates for fast-growing gaming industry. Opponents say gaming as a scholarly pursuit has no place in academe. More...
What, No Whales in the Minnesota River?
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. What, No Whales in the Minnesota River?
An object lesson in the need for critical thinking - or at the very least, basic awareness of the world around you - as a couple from Texas is fooled into visiting the (fictional) city of Mankato, Minnesota to visit the underwater city, the pyramids, whales in the Minnesota River, and of course the Sclare/Far Fissure, which ensures the winter temperature never drops below 70 degrees. Meanwhile, I posted a few days ago about the very real attractions here in the city of Moncto. More...
Waiting for the Coalition Application to Improve
By Scott Jaschik. The timing couldn't have been better for the Coalition for College when it announced its creation in 2015. Eighty top colleges -- including Ivies, Stanford University, the Universities of Michigan and North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- announced that they were creating a new application, featuring special features like a "locker" for student materials. More...