It's always bothered me just a little when I get a credit card offer that seems to have something to do with the fact that I'm a student. I don't know the bank sending me the offer. Why do...

The Pacific Research Institute has a report out on the price tag for remediation at california colleges. The report seeks to measure the expense involved in remediating students who leave high school...

Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrated its 100th birthday in style this week. The African-American sorority held a dinner at DC's Walter E. Washington Convention Center that the Washington Business Journal...

I blogged on Tuesday about a new piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education on the recently released 2006 Survey of Earned Doctorates. It took a couple of days, but I got my own copy of the tables on...

For decades it's been this way in California. You take the right classes, you keep up a minimum GPA, you make at least a certain score on the ACT or SAT - and you're in, promised a spot on...

Would it surprise you if I said China? The Chronicle of Higher Education reported recently on the release of a report by National Science Foundation - the 2006 Survey of Earned Doctorates. American...

The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that 8,500 service workers on the campuses of the University of California System started a five day strike today. The University of California System...

Harris Pastides has been named president of the University of South Carolina today, according to Times-Democrat of Orangeburg, SC. The paper said that the decision was a unanimous vote by the School...

West Virginia University has a president again - for now. WVU has named C. Peter Magrath to be interim president starting August 1st, according to the State Journal. WVU's Board of Governors...

An interesting piece at the College Admissions Counseling blog: the new TEACH grant for aspiring teachers probably won't be a grant most of the time. The grant provides $4,000 a year for students...

I got an email today from Pablo today. Pablo works for Lifetopia, a company that makes software for colleges to set up a room mate self-selection service - pick your own room mate. I thought it was a...

I almost let this story slip past me. University Business brought my attention to the story. 4 LA Kids also had a good write up on it. California's community colleges aren't cutting it,...

Yale President Richard C. Levin announced last month that the university will expand undergraduate enrollment by about 15%. The enrollment increase is part of a plan to built two new residential...