For 2nd year, a sharp drop in law school entrance tests
Legal diplomas are apparently losing luster, reports the New York Times.
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Instruction for masses knocks down campus walls
The pitch for the online course sounds like a late-night television ad, or maybe a subway poster: “Learn programming in seven weeks starting Feb. 20. We’ll teach you…
Schools try to match the jobless with 3.4 million jobs
Ever since the deep recession hit four years ago, many colleges have been rethinking their continuing education programs, straining to figure out how best to help the many…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…