By Scott Jaschik. Lake Superior State University has released its 43rd annual List of Words Banished From the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Hundreds of graduate students are calling on the American Economic Association and individual economics departments to adopt reforms amid a scandal over a prominent economist, Roland Fryer of Harvard University. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Grant checks from NSF and other funders won't go out. Meetings on grant applications won't take place. Impact will grow with length of standoff. Trump threat on border with Mexico alarms some Texas campuses. More...

By Scott Jaschik. A new report from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities shows that while the numbers of black and Hispanic students in engineering are going up, they still lag significantly in enrollments at the undergraduate and graduate level. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Some Jesuit priests found to have committed sexual abuse were sent by their order to a retirement facility at Gonzaga University, according to a report by the Center for Investigative Journalism and the Northwest News Network. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Mount Holyoke College has abandoned a plan to change its logo to the design seen at right. Students and some others objected to the image because when the initials are turned on their side, the top two letters appear to create the Venus symbol traditionally used to illustrate "female." Many said that this was exclusionary of transgender students at the college. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Federal appeals court revives lawsuit charging U of Mary Washington failed to address anonymous online harassment of feminist students. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The rhetoric of college admissions is all about possibility. Prospective students are encouraged to enroll and told of the availability of aid -- federal, state and institutional -- to help. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Stanford becomes latest institution to drop the value of family homes when calculating ability of a student to pay. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Opposition grew to a proposal to build a history center to house Silent Sam. System board now orders new review of options. More...