The U.S. Justice Department announced on Friday that it would not appeal a court ruling that allowed the Oracle Corporation to continue a hostile bid to take over PeopleSoft Inc. The department’s decision disappointed some college officials whose institutions use PeopleSoft software. (Subscription required.)
The secretary of education called on senior members of Congress yesterday to close a loophole that has allowed student loan companies to collect more than a billion dollars in excess federal subsidies, saying he lacked the authority to stop the escalating payments anytime soon.
Twenty years ago, Maine’s Bates College, a highly selective liberal arts institution, launched what was considered a bold initiative ââ?¬â? it made submission of SAT I scores optional for applicants.
Go to college, study hard, get a degree, find a job. Such have been the words of wisdom handed down generation to generation about how to make the most of your time as an undergraduate.
As the cost of tuition continues to rise at most state universities, many Big Ten schools have seen an increase in enrollment.
A new plan for ranking America�s best colleges is in the works, using written examinations completed by students following graduation.
BOULDER, Colo. – The University of Colorado has barred freshmen from joining fraternities and sororities during their first semester after the death of an 18-year-old student who had apparently been drinking heavily with his new frat brother.
Today’s twentysomethings won’t have the lives their parents had. And that’s OK by them. They’re going to school longer, delaying marriage and children, job-hopping and apartment-swapping. They’re also moving back home after college to save money, traveling to faraway places to work and generally taking ââ?¬Å?meââ?¬Â time to decide what they want their futures to be.
Nobody knows exactly how they did it. But whether it was natural smarts, rigorous studying, exceptional schools or some of each, nine Wisconsin high schoolers got perfect scores on the ACT college entrance exam, setting them apart from more than 2 million students nationwide who took the test in the 2003-’04 school year.
I have not, nor has anyone as far as I know, ever tried to measure the creative environment of American colleges. At least in terms of direct measures, I remain agnostic on the question of how creative we are within the walls of academe. But I do believe that we need some way to compare where creativity is flourishing and where it is languishing.
Call it a campus “creativity index.”
When Ashley Wheaton enrolled in the University of Georgia three years ago, the former high-school cheerleader decided that she could better support her favorite football team by putting down her pompoms and picking up the title of football recruiting hostess. (Subscription required.)
Sean C. McConnell is the kind of budding young researcher who some scientists and politicians fear could develop a permanent case of the blues over the Bush administration’s current policy on stem-cell research. (Subscription required.)
MADISON, Wis. — Edgewood College political experts say there is a better way to watch the presidential debates.
John D. Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison since early 2001, says the level of political awareness is greater than at� anytime in the thirty years heâ��s been on campus and unseen since the Vietnam era.
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter on Thursday urging the presidents of eight higher-education associations to improve voter registration at their member institutions. The letter cited a survey showing that 35 percent of colleges are not working to register their students in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1998.
SAN FRANCISCO – University of California officials have raised the bar for admission to the prestigious system, despite protests the decision will hinder enrollment of disadvantaged students.
It’s OK to make college students do more homework, write longer papers or even pay higher tuition.
But mess with their Internet access and you’ll get some high-tech turmoil.
Through the power of blogs, or online journals, news that officials at the University of Texas at Dallas were trying to restrict students from using personal wireless networks grew from a local dispute to a national online debate on student rights.
Voting-rights activists say that officials nationwide have unfairly discouraged or prevented college students from taking part in the electoral process.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Wisconsin is picking up the tab for the federally-mandated Student and Exchange Visitor Information System. SEVIS, an electronic database designed to track and monitor international students, was implemented in 2003 as part of the USA Patriot Act and is meant to prevent terrorists from entering the United States on student visas.
After completing her undergraduate degree at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, Wenjie Chen, an international student from Germany, decided she wanted to come to Ann Arbor to get her doctorate in economics.
Even though she had spent four years studying in the United States, she still had to go through the new procedures of applying for a visa. ââ?¬Å?Itââ?¬â?¢s a long process, and definitely a frustrating one,ââ?¬Â Chen said.
Most students from low-income families never consider going to college, and those who do tend to go to community and for-profit colleges, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education. (Subscription required.)
Gordie Bailey’s University of Colorado fraternity brothers were worried about him the night the 18-year-old pledge died and in the weeks before that because of his drinking habits, a Chi Psi member said Tuesday.
Upgrades, privacy, high-tech amenities are what it takes to attract, retain the kids of baby boomers. Heather McIntosh is an only child. She always had privacy ââ?¬â? her own bedroom and bathroom. Until she went to college.
As college students across the country settle into their dorms and class routines this month, many of them are feeling the lingering pinch of an unexpected bill: the high price of college textbooks.
Despite giving some good grades, a new report card on higher education in Wisconsin sounds alarms the state should heed.
Encouraging students to think more carefully about their drinking habits, the University will begin a program this month to train residence hall directors and University Health Service staffers to help students determine whether they are drinking too much.
Welcome to the newest wrinkle in higher-education marketing. A spate of cable and broadcast reality programs set on campuses has helped raise the profile of several colleges and universities. At a time of tight budgets and competition for students, the free publicity has translated into more applications and record enrollments for some participants, making it difficult for higher-education leaders to turn down the kind of exposure they could never afford to buy.(Subscription required.)
A federal judge’s ruling has renewed fears among college officials about continued consolidation in the computer-software industry.
The judge decided that the Oracle Corporation could continue with its hostile bid to take over PeopleSoft Inc. (Subsription required.)
Robert G. Natelson, a full professor at the University of Montana’s law school, wants to teach constitutional law.
Four times he applied to teach the course when there was a vacancy. Four times he was denied. Next spring he will get to teach the course on a temporary basis, but only because of recommendations from an outside mediator. (Subscription required.)
INDIANAPOLIS ââ?¬â? Scholars and critics worldwide are demanding that the U.S. government explain why it revoked the work visa of a Muslim scholar hired at the University of Notre Dame, saying the action threatens academic freedoms.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A 19-year-old Colorado State University student found dead in a fraternity house died of accidental alcohol poisoning, the county coroner said Friday.
Telisha Phillips, 22, could for many reasons be considered one of Mississippi Valley State University’s stars. A senior education major, she is student government president and a residence hall assistant, she leads campus tours and works part time ââ?¬â? all while maintaining a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.6.
Thomas Jefferson believed that democracy wouldn’t work unless poor but worthy students had access to a quality education. So what would he think today about all those SUVs or that shiny black Saab turbo convertible parked near student hangouts at the campus he founded 185 years ago?
Sophomores are in many way the most ignored of college undergraduates. Not yet upperclassmen and no longer wide-eyed freshmen privy to a slew of new-student programs, students in their second year find themselves unattended to at a time some say they need attention most.
W. Charles Read plans to retire after a 35-year career with the University of Wisconsin-Madison – the last 10 as dean of the School of Education.
Fewer students are able to attend college due to a 14 percent increase in Wisconsin tuition, according to Measuring Up, The National Report Card on Higher Education.
American colleges are flunking when it comes to affordability, according to a new higher-education report card by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education.
While American schools have improved in preparing students for college, they are failing to provide affordable college education. The report gave 36 states failing grades on affordability.
Arizona State University’s overarching goal is to provide access to as many academically qualified students as possible, regardless of financial need.
No one disputes the value of a college diploma. Not only do college graduates earn $20,000 a year more than high school graduates, but they’re more likely to find jobs in an increasingly demanding global economy.
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Wisconsin’s high school students are well prepared for college, but fewer of them are able to attend because of rising tuition, according to a new study. The nonprofit National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education gave Wisconsin’s four-year public colleges a “D” grade for affordability, about average in the national study.
A new study released by the Harvard School of Public Health on Friday found a strong link between city and campus regulations regarding alcohol could result in lower cases of binge drinking.
Days after a student was found dead in a fraternity house at Colorado State University this month, the institution revoked its recognition of the fraternity’s local chapter, and Greek organizations on the Fort Collins campus voluntarily adopted a ban on alcohol in all fraternity houses. (Subscription required.)
Following a recommendation of the commission that investigated the 2001 terrorist attacks, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has decided to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation direct access to its databases for tracking foreign visitors, including students and scholars. (Subscription required.)
More than one-third of colleges and universities fail to meet standards set by a federal law requiring opportunities for voter registration on campus.
A new, independent report card flunks America’s colleges in a key subject for many students and parents: affordability.
Beaufort, S.C. ââ?¬â? Much has been made in recent years of the unwillingness among college and university presidents to venture above the parapet and challenge some of the shibboleths of higher education. By this I do not mean advocacy of political positions. Presidents who would keep their campuses places where ideas are in fact freely exchanged ought to avoid signing public letters or endorsing candidates, tempting as it may be. (Login required.)
America’s schools – from kindergarten to high school – have improved in recent years. But, in many states, universities are being left behind, according to a national “report card” of American higher education being released today.
High school students are becoming better prepared to enter college, but many states are still doing a poor job of getting them to enroll and retaining them until they graduate, a report says today.
If you want to find freshmen this fall amid the crowds of students walking around the campus of Duke University, you need only look for the little white wires –Ã? maybe dangling carelessly out of a backpack, or running from a pocket up to a pair of plugs in a student’s ears. (Subscription required.)
It was the class from hell.
Some students slept, others chatted. They showed up late and left early. The few who tried to pay attention were distracted by the majority who didn’t. All of which made Delaney J. Kirk, a professor of management at Drake University, feel frustrated and depressed. “I got to the point where I hated going to the classroom,” she says. (Subscription required.)
As a candidate four years ago, President Bush vowed to try to reduce partisan bickering in Washington. Once in office, his promise to support “sound science” providing neutral guidance for policy decisions struck a similar note. (Subscription required.)
Students may not need to spend 300 big ones to buy an iPod this fall. Some universities are offering them for free.
BERKELEY, California — Alyn Libman won a $15,000-a-year scholarship to the University of California at Berkeley with a resume that showed more than just Libman’s athletic achievement and academic potential.
Average tuition at public flagship universities rose 9% this year, vs. 14% a year ago, according to a USA TODAY survey. But the slowdown is small comfort for many parents facing monstrous tuition bills.
The academic skills of the typical U.S. 15-year-old are average compared with most of the industrialized world, but a larger proportion of American teens see themselves holding top-paying jobs in the future, a report out today shows.
Seven UW-Madison students are receiving scholarship funds to learn about international relations through travel. The scholarships are named for Scott Kloeck-Jenson, a doctoral student who was killed, along with his wife and two children, in a car accident in South Africa in 1999. (9/11/04 Capital Times print edition)
College dorm rooms used to be places for hanging out. But in a world of laptops and other pricey digital doodads, they’re becoming places to loot. The result: the emergence of a multimillion-dollar industry for dorm room security
It was a busy week for Billy Mulholland, a freshman at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. On Sunday, he scored free food at a welcome barbecue. Monday he went to a pep rally and saw comedian Lewis Black. Tuesday was the ”beach party” by the campus pond; Wednesday featured a speech by the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons. Thursday night the local mall stayed open late just for Amherst students, and he was busy shopping until 2 a.m.
In his inaugural address to the Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly pledged to “demystify” the university by reaching out to the public. Meanwhile, regents once again broached the delicate topic of raising executive salaries for the first time since an uproar last year.
The Georgia Institute of Technology on Wednesday canceled a summer program in China in response to the arrest of one of its faculty members here in July.
