Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 10, 2008 7:39:50 PM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

BREAKING

Palin Abused Power as Governor: Troopergate Panel

Family grudge was likely a factor in firing of commissioner, report says »

News Sections

Newser Specials

The Halls of Ivy

Started by Imperator; Last updated Feb 21, 08 3:37 PM CST by D Lim | View history

Rate it:

Print

E-mail

|

Digg

Seed this on Newsvine

Add this link to Del.icio.us

StumbleUpon

| Edit thread | Notify editors | + Start a new thread

The Halls of Ivy

"You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So, stay out late. Go out on a Tuesday with your friends when you have a paper due Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..." - Tom Petty

Wondering what's happening in Americas institutions of higher learning...and what an education is costing these days? Here's the collegiate-skinny.

Stories

Stories 41 - 60 of 112

<< Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next >>

April 2008
- Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission
  
  New York Times | Apr 1, 08 3:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants, respectively, both record lows as schools struggle with changing demographics. More »
March 2008
- NDSU Prez Sorry About Obama Skit
  
  In-Forum | Mar 29, 08 5:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - North Dakota State University apologized yesterday for a student skit that depicted Barack Obama in black face paint, the Forum reports. A white student in the sorority sketch wore makeup and an Afro wig to portray the hopeful; he received a lap dance while two students simulated sex and ripped an Obama sign in half. “The students’ actions were entirely unacceptable," said school president Joseph Chapman. More »
- Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings
  
  Associated Press | Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month. More »
- Bravo to Harvard for Women-Only Gym Hours
  
  Washington Post | Mar 26, 08 7:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harvard was right to close a gym to men for six hours each week so Muslim women can exercise in comfort, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post . Bloggers might be charging “Sharia at Harvard” and some students might be exercised about another decision to broadcast calls to prayer during Islamic Awareness Week, but the new policies are merely “reasonable accommodation.” More »
- Free Harvard Law for Grads Who Go Public-Sector
  
  New York Times | Mar 18, 08 4:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Third-year Harvard Law students can study for free if they vow to take public sector work for 5 years, the New York Times reports. Harvard announced the plan today to steer more students toward non-profit and government work; many graduates grab corporate jobs to pay off 6-figure debt. “We know that debt is a big issue,” law school Dean Elena Kagan said. More »
- Diploma Drop to Make College Entry Easier
  
  New York Times | Mar 9, 08 4:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Students will find college entry far easier in coming years as the number of high school graduates falls, the New York Times reports. The annual US grad count is expected to peak at around 2.9 million in the next year or two, and then slump until 2015. “For the high school graduate, this becomes a buyers’ market,” said University of Vermont President Daniel Fogel. More »
- Schools Spark Debate by Luring Out-of-Staters
  
  New York Times | Mar 8, 08 7:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - More state universities are trying to lure out-of-state students with lower tuition, a trend that critics say goes against the very purpose of such institutions, the New York Times reports. The schools often do it to make up for shrinking support from their own states, but some worry that universities, funded by taxpayers, will squeeze out local students. More »
- Ivy Aid May Hit 2nd-Tier Schools
  
  Newsweek | Mar 5, 08 12:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - It’s easy to applaud the generosity the Ivy League is lavishing on the middle class, but it could have unintended consequences, Newsweek notes. Second-tier schools and elite public universities rely on the highly talented middle-class kids Harvard and company are targeting. “Schools compete hard for those students,” said Colgate’s VP of finances. But Colgate’s $700 million can’t compete with Harvard’s $34 billion war chest. More »
- Harvard Begins Women-Only Gym Hours
  
  Associated Press | Mar 5, 08 10:49 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Harvard is trying out women-only gym hours at one of its facilities to make exercising easier for Muslim women. Six of the 70 hours a week that the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is open will be barred to men so that Muslim women feel free to dress appropriately for working out, reports the AP. But some students complain that the new policy is sexist or unfair. More »
- Best Undergrad Biz Schools
  
  BusinessWeek | Mar 1, 08 6:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The financial world may be on its ear, but undergraduate business schools are booming as increasing numbers of quality high school grads drive up standards and B-school grads command more on the employment market. Here are the 10 best, as ranked by Business Week: Pennsylvania (Wharton): Can be too competitive. Virginia (McIntire): Intense workload. Notre Dame (Mendoza): Ethics focus draws raves. More »
February 2008
- Columbia Prof in Noose Case Plagiarized Her Students
  
  New York Post | Feb 21, 08 5:21 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Columbia professor who made headlines when she found a noose on her office door has plagiarized from students and another professor, the school says. The university’s Teachers College found two dozen instances in which Madonna Constantine stole from other's works in articles published under her name. Constantine, who's been given an unspecified punishment, calls the charges “structural racism,” reports the New York Post . More »
- Stanford Drops Tuition for Lower-Income Students
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Feb 20, 08 11:08 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tapping into its $17 billion endowment to boost financial aid, Stanford University said yesterday it will now offer free tuition—that's a $36,000 a year value—to students from families making less than $100,000 per year. Students from families that earn less than $60,000 won't have to shell out for room and board, either, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More »
- For Sale: My Seat in Class
  
  Chronicle of Higher Education | Feb 15, 08 4:53 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - It beats sleeping overnight outside a professor's office—as some do at Stanford—but should students buy their way into popular classes? The University of Chicago thought not, removing one student's ad hawking a slot in Freakonomics author Steven Levitt's course. Penn's Wharton School has a more capitalistic view, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports. More »
- Harvard Profs' Research Will Be Free on Web
  
  Boston Globe | Feb 13, 08 1:35 PM CST