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  • October 2008

    • Colleges, Universities Hit by Credit Crisis

      Boston Globe  |  Oct 3, 08 2:12 PM CDT

      Colleges, Universities Hit by Credit Crisis

      (Newser) - Watching their endowments go south, their fundraising slow, and access to credit dry up, many colleges and universities are in crisis-planning mode, the Boston Globe reports. Some schools may have to freeze hiring and halt new construction, as Boston University did Tuesday, or raise tuition. Pricier schools are predicting fewer applicants in a weakening economy. More »

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      higher education  • college costs  • Boston University

  • August 2008

    • Harvard Bumps Princeton in Top Colleges List

      Associated Press  |  Aug 22, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Harvard Bumps Princeton in Top Colleges List

      (Newser) - Harvard has reclaimed sole possession of the top spot in the ever-controversial US News and World Report rankings for the first time in 12 years. Princeton slipped to second, with Yale in third and Stanford and MIT tied for fourth spot. The magazine rates the halls of learning based on factors like SAT scores, reputation, and selectivity . More »

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      Harvard  • higher education  • colleges and universities  • Ivy League  • universities  • Yale  • college rankings  • Princeton

    • Harvard's Endowment Shines in Tough Financial Year

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 7, 08 10:54 AM CDT

      Harvard's Endowment Shines in Tough Financial Year

      (Newser) - Harvard’s endowment did better than most in the down market, reports the Wall Street Journal . The $35 billion fund, which ended its fiscal year in June, earned 7% to 9%. “That would be easily the best performer among the foundations and endowments that we track," says a rep for a company that collects data on pension funds and endowments. More »

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      Harvard  • commodities  • investing  • higher education  • endowment  • hedge funds

    • Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT

      Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

      (Newser) - How much you make correlates with where you went to school, a new study finds. Bachelor’s degree holders’ salaries grow at the same rate over the first decade of their careers regardless of the school, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Ivy League graduates’ median starting salary is 32% higher than that of liberal arts grads, a disparity sustained at 34% 10 years into their careers. More »

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      Harvard  • higher education  • income  • Ivy League  • Ohio State University  • Dartmouth  • income disparity  • salary gap

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Inside Academia, Subtler Sexism

      Inside Higher Ed  |  Jun 15, 08 2:17 PM CDT

      Inside Academia, Subtler Sexism

      (Newser) - Gender discrimination at research universities is surely much better than it was in decades past, but a study based on interviews of female faculty finds that sexism remains on campus, Inside Higher Ed reports. While overt shows of bias are rare, a host of subtler, “deeply entrenched inequities” have replaced them. Noted by the report are: More »

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      college  • sexism  • higher education  • gender discrimination  • academia  • gender bias

    • Colbert to Princeton Grads: 'Don't Change the World'

      The Daily Princetonian  |  Jun 3, 08 3:54 PM CDT

      Colbert to Princeton Grads: 'Don't Change the World'

      (Newser) - As every college speaker does, Stephen Colbert reminded Princeton’s seniors at today's Class Day ceremony that they have the power to “change the world,” the Daily Princetonian reports. But unlike other speakers, Colbert added: please don’t do that. “Some of us like it the way it is. Personally, things are going great for me right now.” More »

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      college  • higher education  • Stephen Colbert  • Princeton University  • Princeton

    • 'Sisters' Colleges Recruit in Middle East

      New York Times  |  Jun 3, 08 10:31 AM CDT

      'Sisters' Colleges Recruit in Middle East

      (Newser) - Facing fewer applicants than comparable co-ed institutions around the US, representatives of top women’s colleges toured the Middle East this spring on a recruiting mission, the New York Times reports. While women’s colleges have become a niche market for US applicants, single-sex education remains widespread in the Middle East. But attending one of them can be a shock to students expecting protected environments, honoring traditional women's roles. More »

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      Middle East  • women  • college  • higher education  • college admissions  • Smith College  • Wellesley

  • May 2008

    • Carpe Diem , Yes, But Avoid Stitches, Eh?

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 28, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Carpe Diem , Yes, But Avoid Stitches, Eh?

      (Newser) - It’s fun, it’s tradition—and it’s off-limits at one British institution. Cambridge's Anglia Ruskin University has asked graduates to refrain from the customary mortarboard-toss, arguing that it damages the hats and is dangerous beside, the Guardian reports, after a student needed stitches recently. Grads-to-be, perhaps predictably, derided the advice as “health and safety gone mad.” More »

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      safety  • higher education  • graduation  • hats

    • Get Out Of School Already, Colleges Urge

      Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  May 5, 08 3:26 PM CDT

      Get Out Of School Already, Colleges Urge

      (Newser) - It turns out kids are staying in school … for entirely too long, the Arizona Republic reports. Across the country, colleges are urging students to get in and get out in 4 years. The paper found that just 30% of students graduated state universities in 4 years, a problematic number for legislatures looking to stretch education dollars to the max. More »

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      Arizona  • higher education  • University of Arizona  • graduation

    • Dorm Rooms Go Coed

      Associated Press  |  May 3, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Dorm Rooms Go Coed

      (Newser) - Parents who schooled in same-sex dorms are surprised to hear that their kids are sharing coed college rooms, the AP reports. About two dozen schools—including Brown, Penn, and Oberlin—allow the practice, and more are following suit this year, including Stanford. Schools say coed dorm users are usually heterosexual and happen to like living with a friend of the opposite sex. More »

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      student  • university  • higher education  • colleges and universities  • college dorms

  • March 2008