I see it all the time, especially in my Freshmen students: stress and illness. These both increase around midterms and final exam time. College students are notorious for many things, and one of those...

(Source: Colby College) Ivy bashing continues. This time it's Newsweek making the case that a good education can be had elsewhere. Thanks for the tip. For the record, these are the "new...

(Source: Williams College) You'd think graduates of private colleges accrue more debt than those of public colleges, given the respective costs. In many cases, you'd be wrong. A new report...

(Source: Kenyon College) Line right up, journalists, and take turns beating the same drum. Yes, we know American higher education includes more than the Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Amherst and Williams....

Think you know who's in line to be the next Harvard president? Wanna bet? You can, according to this Boston Globe article. Just go to bodog.com to wager among 17 candidates. Each has odds on being...

College just keeps getting better and better. I almost wish I hadn't been yet, just so I could experience all the amazing things happening now. Okay, most colleges require some math courses and a...

FOXNews.com has launched a fabulous new series that examines the 'typical' lives of college students. Most students wrestle with the same dilemmas and share the same questions, so shared...

U.S. News officially releases its 2007 college rankings tomorrow, but I managed to get my grubby paws on them early. Here they are: National Universities 1. Princeton 2. Harvard 3. Yale 4....

Yahoo! Finance is featuring a "back to school" page with articles about newfangled dorms, PCs, cost-cutting measures, choosing roommates, MBA futures and, Naturally, the sociology of...

That question recently graced the cover of Time magazine, and of course the article retold the same old story: Competition for the Ivies and such is fierce, and students can find a good education at...

Along with apprehensions about classes and roommates, many new college students fear putting on the dreaded 'freshman fifteen,' the extra weight that often appears as a result of experiencing...

College students sure are having fun in class these days. First, you get to launch things into space for credit. And now, you can even build robots. Lucky students at the University of Florida...

Despite continued protests, UW Madison defends its decision not to allow the student group the Knights of Columbus to operate on campus, as the organization allows only Catholic men to acquire...

Take that, U.S. News. Washington Monthly has yet again issued a different take on college rankings. As it did last year, the magazine has ranked colleges and universities based on societal worth. Say...

Stanford's business school just got a whole lot richer thanks to a rather successful alum. Phil Knight, chairman of Nike (you may have heard of it), gave his alma mater $105 million, most of which...

(Source: Rutgers University) Interesting piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer about enrollment trends. It seems the college-age population wave is cresting, and its wake will carry headaches for...