By Scott Jaschik. Valparaiso University announced Thursday that its law school would no longer admit new students. While such announcements sometimes mean a law school is closing, Valparaiso insists that is not the case there. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Breaking with longstanding tradition -- through Democratic and Republican administrations -- President Trump will not host a meeting with this year's American Nobel laureates, the science news website STAT reported. At least two of this year's laureates said that they would not have gone to the White House if they had been invited. More...

By Scott Jaschik. One college's path to recruiting students from families whose home equity makes them technically wealthy, but whose bank accounts suggest otherwise. More...

By Scott Jaschik. On Monday, with Wednesday's deadline for many college early decision programs looming, the Common Application experienced technical problems. Many of those trying to submit applications experienced long delays, and some received error messages. The same was true for many counselors and teachers trying to submit recommendations. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Hartford expelled a student, and local police charged her with criminal mischief, amid reports over how she had treated her roommate, The New York Times reported. The student who was arrested is white and her former roommate is black. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. National Park Service awarded -- and then revoked -- a $98,000 grant to a project led by a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, to study and "memorialize" the history of the Black Panther Party in the Bay Area, where the group had its greatest influence, the Bay Area News Group reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The Educational Testing Service is today releasing a study that it says shows that the Graduate Record Examination has validity for law school admissions, not just the traditionally required Law School Admission Test. The study is based on data from 21 law schools. More...

By Scott Jaschik. President Trump tends to talk about himself as a populist. On Wednesday he cited his degree from the University of Pennsylvania to answer reporters' questions on whether he is uncivil. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Officials of the U.S. Education Department met last week with leaders of groups that represent historically black colleges, and appear to have resolved concerns over federal grants (known as Title III, Part B) that are awarded to HBCUs for a variety of purposes, including renovation and construction of facilities. Leaders of black college groups (as first reported by HBCU Digest) sent a letter to the department last week in which they said that the department appeared to be changing the rules on the grants, and limiting the ability of colleges to stretch out the time over which they completed projects paid for in part with the grant money. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Columbia University's law school on Tuesday became the latest to announce that it will accept the Graduate Record Examination for admissions, not just the traditionally required Law School Admission Test. More...