By Elizabeth Redden. Tens of thousands of Iranian students studied in the U.S. in the 1970s. New book tells how they helped unsettle the diplomatic relationship between Washington and Tehran in lead-up to Iranian Revolution. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Four people were killed in a shooting at Turkey’s Osmangazi University Thursday, the Associated Press reported. The university’s president, Hasan Gonen, said the gunman killed a deputy dean, a secretary and two teaching faculty members in the education school. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Columbia and Trinity College start dual B.A. program modeled on an existing Columbia collaboration with France's Sciences Po. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage. The department is seeking public comment on proposals to ask applicants for both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to list all social media user names used over the past five years. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Canada announces 24 scholars recruited to its universities from all over the world -- with more than half coming from the U.S. More...
By Elizabeth Redden. A group of masked men armed with bats and sticks broke up a student protest of French president Emmanuel Macron’s proposed reforms to university entrance procedures on Monday, The Guardian reported. About 50 students were reportedly participating in a sit-in at a lecture hall at Montpellier University when the demonstration was violently disrupted. More...
By Greg Toppo. Holding tuition flat since 2012-13 has raised the land-grant university’s profile and helped it grow, but it is fueling competition for resources by academic departments -- and Purdue is still working to enroll more students from Indiana. More...
By Greg Toppo. Survey findings suggest one in five college students pours extra financial aid dollars into trendy yet risky investments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. More...
By Greg Toppo. New findings show Knowledge Is Power Program alumni who attend historically black colleges are more likely to report a “sense of belonging” and good mental health than those who attend other colleges. More...
By Andrew Kreighbaum. More than 6 in 10 recipients of the TEACH Grant, created to attract instructors for high-need subjects in low-income schools, have seen those grants convert to loans after they fail to meet eligibility standards, Department of Education report finds. More...
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