By Scott Jaschik. The 2015-16 academic year has seen numerous shootings, some deadly, of students, and a national debate over guns on campus. On Wednesday, with the academic year winding down, an engineering professor was shot and killed at the University of California at Los Angeles. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. ACT on Tuesday announced a series of changes in the way people may request accommodations in testing conditions. Many advocates for students with disabilities have said that it is too time-consuming and complicated to request such accommodations. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. A New Jersey appeals court has found that the state may not award grants through a program to support college facilities to a Jewish yeshiva and a Presbyterian seminary, NJ.com reported. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The Association of American University Presses on Wednesday released Best Practices in Peer Review, designed to help publishers promote rigorous peer-review standards. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Folsom Lake College, in California, has announced a new program in which eligible students will receive a free year of community college. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success is unveiling a new college application this summer and has announced which of its members will be using it in the next admissions cycle and which are holding off a year. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Voters in five California community college districts approved measures Tuesday to authorize bonds for construction and renovation projects. The bond total tops $2.7 billion. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Colleges in the area try to reassure students. Press reports say two victims were students. Nationwide, attack on gay club prompts vigils, discussion and sadness. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The White House on Friday announced a "Fair Chance" higher education pledge, in which colleges make pledges to help those who have been accused or convicted of crimes get a second chance at improving their lives and building their education and careers. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. More than 60,000 people have signed a petition urging medical schools to do more about suicides and other mental health issues facing medical students, a topic of growing concern to many campus experts on mental health. Read more...
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