Thanks to a contract awarded to Sunbolt, students at Puerto Rico University, impacted by Hurricane Maria’s devastation of the island’s power grid, will now have the off – grid ability to charge their electronic devices, from phones to computers, from six solar charging workstations on the University’s campus. More...

The University of Minnesota has changed the eligibility criteria for two women-only scholarships and is reviewing other awards in response to a complaint of anti-male discrimination. More...

If you’re an 18-year-old student with no children, two college-educated parents and only one task over the next four years — to get a degree — it might not be that difficult to navigate registration, find time to get to the bookstore, or stay late after class for extra help, all leading to a high likelihood that you’ll graduate. More...

A student not affiliated with Dartmouth College was shot near the school's campus in Hanover, N.H., on Friday evening. The exact nature of the victim's injuries are not known at this time, but a Dartmouth spokeswoman said that the victim was taken to a hospital. More...

By 2021, 740,000 jobs are expected to open in Washington state.
For the most part, employers will likely staff these positions with workers who have completed some formal education beyond high school. More...

The Harvard admissions trial in Boston concluded Friday and it could have implications for affirmative action nationwide. The case alleges that qualified Asian-American applicants were denied admission because Harvard used other, non-academic measures to keep their numbers down. More...

Rowan University is in the spotlight for setting the bar for not only championing, but embracing, the true meaning of sports. More...

Three law enforcement experts will investigate the University of Utah’s police department, its policies, and — despite earlier statements — the “actions taken by individual officers” after a student was shot to death on campus last week. More...

Today, UC Berkeley announced the next stage (link is external) in its realization of the research university for the 21st Century – serving a connected world, recognizing the profoundly integrative character of the frontiers of knowledge, and using unprecedented observational and computational capabilities to make a positive difference in that world. More...

JAGGAER, the world’s largest independent spend management company, today announces that Florida Polytechnic University has just gone live with JAGGAER’s Spend Analytics solution. Florida Poly was founded in 2012 and is the newest of the twelve institutions in the State University System of Florida. It is the state's only public polytechnic university and focuses exclusively on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education. More...