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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.

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December 2008
- Kennedy Hails New 'Season of Hope'
  
  Boston Globe | 5 hours, 0 minutes ago
  
  (Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy was honored with an honorary degree yesterday in a poignant ceremony at Harvard where he spoke of a "renewed" destiny and reminisced about the days when his life of promise stretched before him. Kennedy appeared strong and in high spirits, despite battling brain cancer, reports the Boston Globe . He described his days at Harvard as "fresh as youth and yesterday" when he "learned to play football and believe" in public service. More »
November 2008
- 'Jocks Only' Tutoring Centers Irk Others on Campus
  
  Chicago Tribune | Nov 29, 08 11:41 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Resentment is building as college athletic tutoring centers nationwide get bigger and flashier, the Chicago Tribune reports. Critics say that the multi-million-dollar, athletes-only centers should be open to all. Some suggest that, since the centers are generally funded and run by the athletic department, they create a conflict of interest; a number have been accused of giving athletes a bit too much of a helping hand with homework. More »
- Private Student Loan Providers Draw Fire
  
  Washington Post | Nov 28, 08 3:20 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Private student lenders deserve no part of the Treasury’s $200 billion consumer lending program, student advocacy groups say. They charge that the largely unregulated industry preys on young borrowers with risky variable-interest loans, the Washington Post reports. “A bailout for the providers of usurious private student loans will not solve the college affordability crisis,” said the heads of nine groups, including the publishers of Consumer Reports , in a letter to Hank Paulson. More »
- At More and More Colleges, SAT Is Now MIA
  
  Boston Globe | Nov 24, 08 1:36 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Colleges are fleeing the SAT, saying the standardized test is not a reliable predictor of academic success, the Boston Globe reports. But though a coalition is forming against the requirement, even doubtful admission officials see the need for a field-leveler for disparate applicants. “The SAT only measures how good you are at taking the SAT,” one student said. More »
- FSU Safety Nabs Rhodes Scholarship
  
  Tallahassee Democrat | Nov 24, 08 3:05 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Florida State defensive back Myron Rolle has been awarded a Rhodes scholarship, making him the first Division I football player in a generation to win the nation's most prestigious post-grad award, reports the New York Times . Rolle will do a one-year masters degree in medical anthropology at the University of Oxford in England if he accepts the scholarship—though he’s still weighing a run with the NFL. More »
- Classic Harvard-Yale Tie Gets Documentary Gloss
  
  Boston Globe | Nov 20, 08 2:39 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The 40th anniversary of a classic game in the football rivalry between Harvard and Yale has inspired a documentary, Mark Feeney writes in the Boston Globe . The contest is as notable for “its time-capsule aspect” and rising-star participants (future Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones) as for the underdog Crimson's miraculous comeback, which occasioned the headline, and movie title, Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 . More »
- As Belts Tighten, College Chiefs' Pay Expands
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 17, 08 6:49 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Things are tough all over—except in the nation's ivory towers, where college presidents are collecting increasingly tidy sums, reports the Wall Street Journal . Presidents at 59 public universities earn more than $500,000 a year, and Ohio State's chief tops the list with a $1.3 million package. Median rates for public college presidents climbed $7.6% last year. The highest paid private head—at Boston's Suffolk University—earned $2.8 million in compensation and a $400,000 salary More »
- Even Harvard, With $37B in Bank, Is Tightening Belt
  
  Harvard Crimson | Nov 11, 08 11:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Even its $36.9 billion endowment (as of June, that is) won't protect Harvard, the nation's richest university, from feeling the effects of the financial crisis, its president said yesterday. Drew Faust said cost savings would be in order, though specific plans aren’t settled, the Harvard Crimson reports. One thing that won’t be affected, she said, is the university’s financial aid policy, which includes a commitment to eliminate tuition for families who earn less than $60,000. More »
- Colleges Face Dire Cutbacks, Tuition Hikes
  
  New York Times | Nov 8, 08 7:04 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Colleges and universities around the country are facing budget shortfalls so steep they could change the way they do business forever, the New York Times reports. With endowments shriveling, state financing being slashed, the cost of debt rising, and donors scaling back, both public and private institutions are cutting staff, postponing construction projects, pulling back financial aid, and raising tuition. More »
- Univ. of Chicago Biz School Banks $300M
  
  Chicago Tribune | Nov 7, 08 5:46 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - An alumnus of the University of Chicago who made a fortune from principles he learned at its graduate business school has donated a no-strings-attached $300 million to the school, reports the Chicago Tribune . The donation, by Dimensional Fund Advisors founder David G. Booth, is the largest ever to a business school anywhere in the world. The school will be renamed in Booth’s honor. More »
October 2008
- Hawking To Retire From Cambridge Post
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Oct 25, 08 2:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Stephen Hawking will retire from his chair at Cambridge University at the end of this academic year, the Telegraph reports. But the esteemed physicist will continue working at the college in an emeritus position. Cambridge requires profs to step down when they reach 67, and Hawking’s birthday is in January. He is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, the same position held by Isaac Newton. More »
- GPA, Personal Essay, SATs ... and Sabotage?
  
  Chicago Tribune | Oct 20, 08 12:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With competition for college admissions ever rising, some students are aiming to get ahead by trashing their rivals. Admission officials around the US have reported receiving newspaper clippings, references to Facebook pages, and, in one case, a letter written in crayon pointing out other applicants' false claims or unseemly behavior. Schools tend to react in one of three ways, reports the Chicago Tribune . More »
- Credit Crisis Squeezes Student Loans
  
  New York Times | Oct 17, 08 2:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The economic downturn is