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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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September 2008
- College Kids Take Global Outlook to Class
  
  Washington Post | Sep 19, 08 3:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In less than a generation, college students' international perspective has transformed many colleges' public health-related programs and courses. The AIDS epidemic served as a catalyst by opening young people’s eyes to the global character of disease, and the ease of worldwide travel and communication is spurring involvement abroad. The Washington Post looks at the transformation. More »
- Tony Blair Nervous on First Day of School
  
  Yale Daily News | Sep 19, 08 1:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - It’s the first day of school for Tony Blair, and the former prime minister confesses to having a case of nerves. “I was never a star student,” says Blair, who is embarking on a 3-year teaching gig at Yale. Blair tells the Yale Daily News he’s excited, but he’s also aware that he's going to be “mixing with a whole lot of people who I’m sure are a whole lot more clever and smarter than I am.” More »
- Colleges Adding Meow to Mix
  
  Boston Globe | Sep 9, 08 2:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Colleges around the country are warming up to furry friends, the Boston Globe reports. MIT is in the vanguard, offering as an example its 8-year-old program that allows student-vetted felines to live in certain dorms. "They can really lighten the mood,” one senior says, “especially when students have been working many, many hours on problem sets"—though not all administrators are on board. More »
August 2008
- Harvard Probes Racism Charges Against Its Cops
  
  Boston Globe | Aug 27, 08 3:35 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harvard University is reviewing its security procedures after black students and professors charged that they're being unfairly targeted, the Boston Glob e reports. A six-member committee will review the campus force following a number of incidents, including one in which a black professor was stopped when he was mistaken for a robbery suspect. More »
- Greener Colleges Take Pass on Cafeteria Trays
  
  Associated Press | Aug 25, 08 4:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Campus cafeterias across the US are phasing out lunch trays, but the move has some students feeling, ahem, de-trayed, the AP reports. The point is to conserve dishwashing water and reduce food waste by discouraging huge piles of food, though hungry scholars say it’s not worth it. "I'll just keep coming back for seconds," one says. More »
- Harvard Bumps Princeton in Top Colleges List
  
  Associated Press | Aug 22, 08 9:40 AM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Colleges Make iGadgets Part of Course Load
  
  New York Times | Aug 21, 08 1:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Some US universities have started handing out free iPhones and Internet-enabled iPods to students, the New York Times reports. The institutions view the gadgets as tools for online research, student polling, and as-yet undeveloped educational applications, while Apple gets an in with a new generation with consumers. Professors with easily distracted students stand to lose out, however. More »
- Backlash Greets College Chiefs' Move to Lower Drinking Age
  
  Washington Post | Aug 21, 08 12:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A chorus of criticism has greeted proposals from college chiefs to consider lowering the drinking age to 18, the Washington Post reports, as everyone from health experts, lawmakers, high school principals, and groups like MADD have been quick to slam the idea. The academic leaders say their theory that lowering the age would promote moderation is being distorted. More »
- PSAT Will Expand College Testing Stress to Jr. High
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 8, 08 1:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The College Board will start offering the PSAT to eighth-graders in 2010, the LA Times reports. Students normally take the exam, a precursor of the SAT, in 10th or 11th grade, but kids have been signing up earlier in recent years. Critics charge that the College Board is pushing the college prep schedule forward to make more profit. More »
- Harvard's Endowment Shines in Tough Financial Year
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 7, 08 10:54 AM CDT
  
  (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 »
- Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
July 2008
- 'Ivy Retardation' Curse of Elites
  
  The American Scholar | Jul 27, 08 5:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Its advantages are undeniable, but an elite education can also cause a crippling case of “Ivy retardation,” as William Deresiewicz realized while struggling, despite fluency in several languages, to make small talk with his blue-collar plumber in Boston. “The best and the brightest” develop an inflated sense of self-worth and are trained to see the lesser-educated as inferior, no matter their intelligence, he writes in American Scholar . More »
- Credit Crunch Squeezes Student Loans
  
  Boston Globe | Jul 23, 08 3:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The slump in the credit markets has shrunk capital available to brokers of student loans, complicating the already-difficult task of financing a college education. The Boston Globe relates the story of one Massachusetts family, the Ferragutos, who received word this year from the state’s education finance agency informing them that federal loans, including low-interest Stafford loans, were no longer available. More »
- SAT, ACT Cheats Get Off Easy
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 15, 08 10:44 AM CDT