By Elizabeth Redden. Many international students are finding themselves unable to start their summer jobs or internships due to delays in processing their applications for work authorization under the optional practical training, or OPT, program, which allows international students to temporarily work in the U.S. after graduation, The New York Times reported. More...

By Elizabeth Redden. The Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether Georgetown and Texas A&M Universities have fully disclosed foreign gifts and contracts they have with foreign entities to the federal government, the Associated Press reported. More...

By Doug Lederman. The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday arrested three women on charges that they stole more than $1 million in federal financial aid funds through Fullerton College, in California, the San Jose Mercury News reported. More...

By Doug Lederman. An Ohio judge on Thursday reduced to $25 million the amount that Oberlin College is required to pay a local bakery, the Associated Press reported, down from the $44 million that a jury awarded the bakery last month after finding that the college and its officials had libeled the business and its owners when students held protests of the bakery. More...

By Doug Lederman. The University of Maryland at College Park's accreditor warned the institution last week that its "accreditation may be in jeopardy because of insufficient evidence" that it is complying with standards related to how the university is governed. More...

By Doug Lederman. The man arrested this week in last month's disappearance and death of a University of Utah student was prohibited from the campus of Utah State University in 2012, the Associated Press reported. More...