GOP sees opportunity in waning Obama enthusiasm among college students
The young people in the ad look dissatisfied and pouty. Barack Obama's voice and the words "winning the future," from one of his old campaign speeches, echo in…
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ACLU files suit over college’s drug testing
A federal judge has blocked a mandatory drug testing program for students at a Missouri technical college after the American Civil Liberties Union went to court challenging the…
Watch: Robots take over University of MD classrooms
At the University of Maryland, robots rule, if only for a day. Engineering students coax their creations to life, using batteries and, in one case, mind control, the…
Family of slain Yale student sues university
The family of a Yale University graduate student killed in a research lab just days before she had planned to get married in 2009 sued the Ivy League…
Carnegie Mellon receives $265 million pledge
Carnegie Mellon University has received a huge new pledge to expand its programs. The $265 million gift from William S. Dietrich II is one of the largest in…
Sony, Toshiba, Hitachi join forces in displays
The display businesses of three major Japanese electronics makers are joining forces to become more competitive in small and medium-sized panels—a sector that's expected to grow because of…
Tornado-delayed graduation finally held at Alabama
About 3,300 University of Alabama graduates are finally walking in cap and gown, more than three months after a tornado hit Tuscaloosa and forced their commencement to be…
Ark. receives $1M grant to boost college grad rate
Nine Arkansas colleges and universities will focus on changing remediation programs and other efforts through a $1 million grant aimed at increasing the state's college graduation rate, Gov.…
Would-be grad students face longer, revised GRE
Graduate school applicants will soon face a new hurdle in their bids for admission: a longer and revamped GRE that test administrators say more accurately assesses the skills…
Feds: Harvard fellow hacked millions of papers
A Harvard University fellow who was studying ethics was charged with hacking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer network to steal nearly 5 million academic articles, the…