Associated PressNews RoundupStudy: When College Tuition Goes Up, Campus Diversity Goes DownAs college tuition continues to rise at a staggering rate, people tend to worry about how much harder it becomes for students and families to pay for college. In an article in The Conversation online, researchers who focus on higher education said they found a different reason to worry. “We examined tuition hikes at public […]April 26, 2018News RoundupMarshall University Employees to See Five Percent RaiseHUNTINGTON, W.VA. – A West Virginia university’s operating budget that includes a 5-percent raise for university employees has been approved. News outlets reported Wednesday the Marshall University Board of Governors approved the school’s fiscal year 2019 operating budget, which also includes a 4.25-percent tuition increase. The board had already approved a 2-percent raise for employees […]April 26, 2018News RoundupCollege Newspapers Across U.S. Campaign to Secure Their FutureCollege journalists are speaking up for themselves in a campaign to combat some of the same forces battering newspapers across the country. As ad revenue plummets, college editors have suffered in relative silence. Some have taken to crowdsourcing sites while others have relied on alumni donations to help keep papers afloat. Still, students have been […]April 26, 2018News RoundupOSU Student Sets Fire, Jumps from 5th-Floor Dorm WindowCORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University authorities say a student experiencing a mental health crisis set a fire in his dorm room before jumping from the fifth=-floor window. University officials say Oregon State Patrol troopers responded to campus in Corvallis Tuesday evening involving the welfare of a student and resident of Hawley Hall. OSU’s vice […]April 25, 2018News RoundupReport: New Mexico Public College Enrollment Dropping FastSANTA FE, N.M. – A recent decline in enrollment at New Mexico public colleges outpaced nearly every state in the nation. An association of state higher education agencies says enrollment dropped by nearly 5 percent at New Mexico public colleges for the school year that ended in June 2017. Statistics compiled by State Higher Education […]April 25, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Richmond Using Goats for Landscape ManagementRICHMOND, Va. — The University of Richmond is planning to use a herd of goats as part of a landscape management project. The university said in a news release Monday that the goats will help clear invasive species from part of the campus as part of an effort to create an “eco-corridor.” They will reside […]April 24, 2018News RoundupJill Biden to Deliver Commencement Speech at Alabama CollegeMOBILE, Ala. — Dr. Jill Biden will deliver the commencement speech at a community college in Alabama. News outlets report the wife of former Vice President Joe Biden will deliver the commencement speech at Bishop State Community College on May 10. The Mobile school says Biden and former President Barack Obama led the first-ever White […]April 24, 2018Leadership & PolicyMount Holyoke College Names New PresidentSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. — After nearly two years as interim president of Mount Holyoke College, Sonya Stephens can remove the word “interim” from her title. Trustees at the women’s college in South Hadley on Monday named Stephens the school’s 19th permanent president. The school undertook a national search for a new leader, but trustees Chairwoman […]April 24, 2018SportsFootball and Academics: Tough Balancing Act at Some SchoolsNEW YORK — Football is complicated. Life is more so. The charge for universities is to prepare students for whatever comes after they graduate. At least that is the mission statement. At places such as Northwestern and Stanford, it certainly rings true. When those students are football players, the challenges are exacerbated. Balancing classroom obligations […]April 23, 2018StudentsPolice Remove Students from Occupied Paris University SitePARIS — French police removed students from a Paris university building Friday that had been occupied for a month to protest admission changes that also are causing turmoil at other campuses. Paris police said the clearing of the Tolbiac Center, a 22-story tower in southern Paris affiliated with Paris 1 University, went “without incident.” Interior […]April 23, 2018Previous PagePage 19 of 569Next Page