Inside Higher Ed reported recently that attrition rate for students in Ph.D. programs seem to be going down. Except in the humanities, where getting that doctorate is still as hard as ever. The...

I'm not much into marijuana, but I personally think hemp would be a marvelous cash crop for many farmers in America. So I was pleased when I read recently that a federal judge had given a short...

The Chronicle of Higher Education has picked up a story that's likely to generate some heat in the Mountain State. According to a story in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, West Virginia University...

The University of Missouri has picked a new president: former Sprint CEO Gary Forsee. Frosee was the unanimous choice to lead the university's four campuses, according to the Associated Press. He...

With the regular season over in college football, the big news of course is the move of West Virginia Coach Rich Rodriguez to the University of Michigan. The Charleston, WV, Daily Mail ran a story...

Inside Higher Ed has an excellent and detailed analysis of the politics of financial aid and how the tension between need-based aid and merit-based aid is coming to a head in Tennessee. According to...

Several sources are reporting that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has placed Texas Tech on probation for "insufficient reporting of general education data," as the...

The Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis is moving, according to BizJournal. The law school's new address will be in the old Customs House and Post Office building in the...

Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has proposed that the state issue $1.65 billion in bonds to pay for construction and renovation at the state's college's and universities, according to the...

A news snippet from the Chronicle of Higher Ed recently mentioned that Muhlenberg College has become one of America's top ten Jewish school as measured by the percentage of the student body that...

The Charleston Daily Mail in South Carolina is reporting that a Clemson University freshman who died Sunday died of alcohol poisoning. The body of 18 year old Benjamin Garrison Sprague was found...

Officials at Northern Illinois University closed the campus yesterday while police investigated washroom graffiti on campus that referred to the Virginia Tech massacre. The Chicago Tribune reported...

It is becoming almost a weekly occurrence. Another top tier private university is increasing the size of its awards to students getting need-based financial aid. And this time it's Harvard... We...

Duke University has announced plans to expand its financial aid programs for low income and middle income students. Duke is following a policy trend in financial aid with its actions this week. A...

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission has settled a lawsuit with a Mormon student over whether or not he can defer the state's Promise Scholarship until after he returns from...

Marshall University has a new major this year that it hopes will give students a leg up in the global market place: Japanese. Plans for a Japanese major have been in the development stages for several...

Naomi Rockler-Gladen has an excellent piece online at the moment about picking a college or university that provides a friendly environment for Jewish students. Some of the tidbits she offers seem...

The State is reporting that Bob Jones University is experiencing an outbreak of whooping cough. The school has been forced to cancel most public events and end its fall semester early because of the...

Illegal immigration has become a big issue in the American Presidential campaign. And the nice people at Scholarships Dot Com have a pretty good analysis of that issue online at the moment. I...

The Chronicle of Higher Education had an almost humorous story recently about an obstacle in the path of the University of Missouri's search committee as it looks for a new president: football....