Is Penn State Presidency a Prize?
Has the scandal at Pennsylvania State University left a permanently weakened institution or just put an ugly gloss on a solid American university?
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Has the scandal at Pennsylvania State University left a permanently weakened institution or just put an ugly gloss on a solid American university?
Leaky ceilings, dim lighting, roaches, mold. Those images don't evoke the ideals of higher education ...
The number of international students at US higher education institutions grew by 7% to a record 819,644 students in 2012-13 ...
College students who need a little extra help in certain subjects before they are able to take college level courses are at the center of a debate in state government that will decide whether four-year schools will be allowed to offer remedial, or so-called developmental courses, in the future.
Sy Stokes, a junior at the University of California at Los Angeles, remembers that he nearly dropped out his first year.
There are no windows, the floor is bare wood, the Chinese flag hangs beneath stark lighting.
Imagine a school where playing video games is encouraged during classes and may even replace exams.
One of Britain's leading physicists will urge the countries of the Arab world to address "a general apathy towards science and freedom of thinking" -- a mood he believes is far too prevalent in the region.
College players at showcase programs may become famous, but while they cannot profit off their renown, more and more coaches are reaping rewards from use of their name and image
In 2001, The Brown Daily Herald accepted an advertisement questioning the idea that black people in the United States are owed reparations.