NJ professor’s quixotic quest to be Iran president
The man who wants to be the next president of Iran sits in a hotel lobby, steps from his office and thousands of miles away from the country…
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Student project creates a bomb scare
A student at Salem International University in West Virginia who tried to get creative by using a fake bomb in an English class presentation is in custody after…
Iowa college students seek support from lawmakers
About 20 student leaders at Iowa's state universities lobbied lawmakers Wednesday, imploring them to approve a tuition freeze backed by the Board of Regents, the Associated Press reports.
House panel introduces school disclosure bill
For-profit higher education institutions in Idaho that provide courses but cannot issue degrees may be required to disclose more information about job placement rates under a bill making…
Reports: Harvard secretly searched deans’ emails
Harvard University administrators secretly searched the emails of 16 deans last fall, looking for a leak to reporters about a case of cheating, two newspapers reported, according to…
Pacts for profs, teachers before right-to-work law
Wayne State University professors in Detroit and teachers in a suburban school district separately agreed to eight-year contracts, weeks before Michigan's new right-to-work law takes effect, the Associated…
Ivy League vs. UCLA: Garcetti and Greuel’s paths to power
He's a Rhodes scholar. She's UCLA. He can burn up the piano keys. She loves to watch her son playing soccer. He could become Los Angeles' first Jewish…
Mystery of the Chinese zombie Yalies
U.S. universities have responded to China's exploding demand for American higher education with branch campuses and aggressive recruiting, the Associated Press reports.
Famed free NYC college may start charging tuition
For more than a century, Cooper Union has been a one-of-a-kind meritocracy: Open to any student qualified to walk through its doors. For free, the Associated Press reports.
U.S. Army offers citizenship track for needed skills
Carolyne Chelulei came to the United States from Kenya on a student visa for a college education, but now the Army is offering her the chance to stay…