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Green is color of future for college students
Students on college campuses are clamoring for environmentally friendly classes, all the better to prepare for an expected wave of green-collar jobs.
“Students are very interested in sustainability issues,” said Ramapo College of ...
U of I president resigns after scandal
University of Illinois President B. Joseph White resigned on Sept. 23 following reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus. White said he sent ...
Separate festivities highlight social segregation
The homecoming football game had just ended, and students clad in orange T-shirts were swarming the quad in search of post-tailgating festivities, but the nearly 1,700 black students packed in a ...
Facebook gets online banking
Many banks and credit unions covet young adults for the potential they offer as long-term customers, but it's hard to reach out to ...
UCrime provides stats, tracking for area crime
Students have a new resource to help keep them diligent about on-campus crime through a crime mapping site.
UCrime.com, an interactive website that tracks crime at more than 170 campuses across the United ...
ChaCha service raises fears of cell phone cheaters in the classroom
A new cell-phone service that promises to give free answers to virtually any question within minutes has some academics worried that it will be yet another device to help students cheat....
Microsoft shepherding spell-check
In the past two years, few names have become as recognizable as Barack Obama's, a rise that continues tonight as he accepts the Democratic ...
Compatibility survey pairs up college roommates
University of California-Berkeley sophomore Katie Nelson said that she always has one burning question about potential dorm roommates.
"You wonder if they are going to be a psychopath," said Nelson, 19. ...
Valedictorian gets scholarship, not deportation
A generous benefactor has made a Bullard High School valedictorian's university hopes a reality.
Arthur Mkoyan, 17, said Aug. 13 that he'll be attending the University of California at Davis ...
Teens for green
A 17-year-old Palo Alto, Calif., girl has launched what she hopes will become a nationwide youth movement focused on global warming.
Last weekend, some 80 teenagers gathered at Stanford University for a three-day ...
Computer games prep students
School districts eager to boost scores and keep pace with federal mandates are using computer games, electronic blackboards and even pep rallies to prepare students for state exams.
Technology in particular has become ...