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Immigrant worker firings unsettle a college campus
The dining hall workers had been at Pomona College for years, some even decades. For a few, it was the only job they had held since moving to the United…
Yale fulfills vow on sex-misconduct report
Making good on a promise to be more open about its handling of sexual misconduct, Yale University has released its first report describing the complaints that were made and how…
Instead of work, younger women head to school
Workers are dropping out of the labor force in droves, and they are mostly women, the New York Times reports.…
Cornell alumnus is behind $350 million gift to build science school in city
The donor whose $350 million gift will be critical in building Cornell University’s new high-tech graduate school on Roosevelt Island is Atlantic Philanthropies, whose founder, Charles F. Feeney, is a…
Like Ivies, Berkeley adds aid to draw middle-class students
The University of California, Berkeley, announced Wednesday that it would offer far more financial aid to middle-class students starting next fall, with families earning up to $140,000 a year expected…
Obama administration urges colleges to improve racial diversity
The Obama administration on Friday urged colleges and universities to get creative in improving racial diversity at their campuses, throwing out a Bush-era interpretation of recent Supreme Court rulings that…
Recruiting veterans, Columbia finds an impressive applicant pool
Two years ago, in an effort to attract more veterans to Columbia, Curtis Rodgers, a dean of admissions, began recruiting at military bases. Almost immediately he noticed differences between the…
College students swap dorms for extravagant mansions
Heather Alarab, a junior at the University of California, Merced, and Jill Foster, a freshman, know that their sudden popularity has little to do with their sparkling personalities, intelligence or…
Why science majors change their mind
Politicians and educators have been wringing their hands for years over test scores showing American students falling behind their counterparts in Slovenia and Singapore, the New York Times reports.…
In college, working hard to learn high school material
In June, Desiree Smith was graduated from Murry Bergtraum High. Her grades were in the 90s, she said, and she had passed the four state Regents exams. Since enrolling last…