A college lifts a hurdle for illegal immigrants
Monday is the first day of the school year for Metropolitan State University of Denver, a compact, urban campus in the heart of the city’s downtown, the New…
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University of Colorado bans guns in dorms, but…
The University of Colorado has announced a change to students' housing contracts for the Boulder and Colorado Springs campuses banning guns in undergraduate dorms, the Huffington Post reports.
NY prof suspended for Colorado shootings remark
A professor at the United States Merchant Marine Academy faces dismissal for joking about the Colorado movie theater shootings in front of his students, including one whose father…
No way out: Will Congress change bankruptcy laws for student loans?
Edith Oquendo wishes she could file for bankruptcy. When Oquendo, a resident of Kissimmee, Fla., left her job as a photographer at Walt Disney World after she developed…
Obama ad tells Romney to ‘get real’ on college aid
The Obama campaign opened a new line of attack on Mitt Romney in its latest swing state TV ad, seizing on the Republican's approach to financing higher education,…
UT affirmative action policy is legal says Justice Department
The Obama administration on Monday threw its support behind the University of Texas' use of race as a standard in its admissions policies, asking the Supreme Court not…
Accreditation warning issued to Penn State
An accrediting organization has told Penn State that its status is "in jeopardy" based on recent developments in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, the Associated Press…
Senators go after ‘worthless’ college degrees
Three Democratic senators, including the chamber’s foremost critic of for-profit colleges, are sponsoring a bill that would bar federal student aid from being used in college programs that…
Paul Ryan on education policy: vouchers, for-profit colleges, local control
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) talks a lot about scaling back the reach of the federal government, but back in 2001, he voted in favor of No Child Left…
Google to include people’s Gmail in search results
Google is creating an information bridge between its influential internet search engine and its widely used Gmail service in its latest attempt to deliver more personal responses more…