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'NOOSE' PROF SUES

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:46:54 EDT

By DAREH GREGORIAN
The controversial Columbia University professor who was canned for plagiarism just months after a noose was found hanging on her office door is suing to get her job back.

So you want to study for a master's in mathematics

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:19:15 EDT

A postgraduate maths course will leave you to figure out your own

Universities face million-pound losses

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:57:27 EDT

Funding council in urgent mission to establish just how many had investments in failed Icelandic banks

Joint training programmes booming

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:23:08 EDT

VietNamNet Bridge – Several years ago, the number of joint training programmes provided by Vietnamese universities in cooperation with foreign partners was scanty, while they are now abundant, perplexing students with their number.

Universities 'should charge more'

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:03:05 EDT

Students attending top universities should pay higher tuition fees, according to a report. The additional cash is needed to fund higher staff salaries at Britain's most prestigious universities, said the Centre for Economic Performance, part of the London School of Economics.

Latest generation falls behind

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:51:07 EDT

Since World War II, if not before, it has been assumed that children were more likely to graduate from college than their parents. Now, those generational gains appear to have stalled.

UT suspends ban on signs in dorm windows

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:44:17 EDT

After political student groups protest, rommates won't face discipline for political poster, officials say. Above: University of Texas roommates and cousins Connor Kincaid, left, and Blake Kincaid could have been barred from registering next year for not taking down signs supporting Democratic candidates.

14 state tech colleges merge; 7 presidents to lose jobs

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:41:32 EDT

The state's deepening fiscal crisis has prompted Georgia technical college officials to merge 14 of the system's 33 schools.

More minorities enroll in college, but gaps remain

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:18:39 EDT

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Enrollment of minorities in U.S. colleges has increased substantially in recent years, but not fast enough to keep up with demographic changes. Among Hispanics, a lower proportion who are in their late 20s has completed at least a two-year degree when compared with those age 30 and older.

UT cancels penalty on students over Obama poster

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:59:19 EDT

University's ban reversed in the face of unified opposition by student body
AUSTIN — Faced with the biggest freedom of speech issue to hit campus in a long time, the University of Texas at Austin backed down from a threat barring two students from classes next semester for failing to take down a political poster displayed on their dorm window.