Judge throws out Wisconsin union-busting bill
A judge in Wisconsin on Thursday threw out legislation backed by Republican lawmakers and the state's governor that would have stripped public workers of union bargaining rights, the…
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ROTC marches through the Ivy League
Spurred on by Don't Ask Don't Tell's scheduled repeal, Columbia and Yale Universities are signing an agreement on Thursday allowing the Reserve Officer Training Corps back on campus…
Swarthmore College introduces Spanish translation of graduation ceremony
Deivid Rojas, a senior at Swarthmore College, has waited four years to hear the congratulatory remarks that will come with receiving his degree from the elite liberal arts…
For-profit college enrollment soared 418 percent
The number of bachelors degrees given out by for-profit colleges skyrocketed by 418 percent since 2000, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, says the…
Financing an MBA, with help from Mom and Dad
Daniel Wesley knew as soon as he started applying to business school that he wanted to avoid student loans, BusinessWeek reports.
Microsoft: Ballmer misspoke on Windows 8
Microsoft has rushed to clear up Steve-Ballmer-created confusion over Windows 8, after the CEO seemingly announced that the new OS is coming in 2012 on Monday, Tech Radar…
Senator calls for smartphone app privacy policies
A key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is challenging Apple Inc. and Google Inc. to require all developers that make apps for their mobile devices to adopt…
For-profit colleges spend much less on educating students than public universities
According to the Huffington Post, for-profit colleges devote less than a third of what public universities spend on educating students, even though the for-profit institutions charge nearly twice…
CEOs teach in M.B.A. classrooms
Most CEOs spend the latter years of their professional lives giving presentations in high-pressure board rooms for select groups of middle-aged power brokers, not in lecture halls filled…
Peter Thiel awards $100,000 to entrepreneurs under 20
Peter Thiel, a co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, created the Thiel Foundation, reports the Huffington Post.