Public college tuition in Va. is going up 5 percent this year
In-state students across Virginia’s public colleges will pay an average of 5 percent more for tuition and mandatory fees this year
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Did Trump call most Chinese students spies?
Politico reports that the president called "almost every student" from China a spy.
Families line up for backpacks filled with school supplies at Triton College
On Aug. 4, Triton College became back-to-school central. Approximately 1,500 people received new backpacks filled with school supplies during the first Backpack Give Back Resource Fair, according to partner event organizers at Triton College and the West 40 Intermediate Service Center No. 2.
Defining ‘Regular and Substantive’ Interaction in the Online Era
The Trump administration is considering an overhaul of a 26-year-old federal rule that is seen variably as a barrier to innovation and an important guardrail against substandard instruction.
German and Swedish libraries shrug off Elsevier shutdown
No sign of breakthrough as boycott yet to have significant impact on publisher
A Harvard sorority says it will disband rather than go co-ed in response to university sanctions
Two years ago, Harvard University issued an ultimatum to single-gender student groups. Go co-ed, or forfeit members’ opportunities to hold leadership positions on campus and to win the university’s endorsement for prestigious postgraduate fellowships.
Winners and Losers From DeVos Approach
Plan to narrow student loan forgiveness and, reportedly, repeal gainful-employment rule would be a boon to poorly performing colleges -- especially for-profit institutions -- and hurt students, critics say.
Do students appreciate having international classmates?
Experts say institutions must improve global experience in classroom as figures show domestic students are concerned about impact of overseas peers
A Japanese medical university lowered women’s test scores because it was a “necessary evil”
Tokyo Medical University for years doctored the test scores of female applicants to admit fewer women because school officials believed that once women got married and had children they would be unable to fulfill their emergency shifts at hospitals.
How Harvard Can Legally Favor Alumni Children and Athletes
This isn't the first time the university has faced scrutiny over policies that favor white over Asian American students. Comments in the 1980s by admissions officers on alumni children, athletes and Asian Americans may be relevant today.
