Fulfill George Washington’s last wish — a national university
“…a National University; and also a Military Academy. The desirableness of both these Institutions, has so constantly increased with every new view I have taken of the subject, that I…
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Financial Aid for Undocumented Students No Longer Discussed in Hushed Tones
For years, it was information shared only in whispers. An undocumented student, bright and educated, wanted to go to college, and a precious few universities were willing, very quietly, to…
A Look Inside The Terrible Manual Cops Use To Teach ‘Rape Prevention’
Rape Aggression Defense, or R.A.D., as it brands itself, is one of the most widely offered women’s self-defense programs in the country. R.A.D. was developed by a police officer, and…
Illinois, Wisconsin Governors Propose Deep Spending Cuts To Universities
If proposals by two Republican governors are approved, public universities in Illinois and Wisconsin could soon experience sweeping layoffs, program eliminations and possible campus closures. This month, Illinois Gov. Bruce…
Affluent Private Universities Are Tax Shelters For The Rich…And The Rest Of Us Are Picking Up The Tab
The following story was first published by Capital and Main and published here in collaboration with The Huffington Post. Sign up here for email updates from Capital & Main. Private…
MIT, Harvard Sued Over Lack Of Closed Captioning For Online Courses
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Advocates for the deaf sued Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday, saying the universities failed to provide closed captioning for online courses,…
China Tells Schools to Suppress Western Ideas, With One Big Exception
BEIJING — They are out there, hiding in library stacks, whispering in lecture halls, armed with dangerous textbooks and subversive pop quizzes: foreign enemies plotting a stealthy academic invasion of…
Brown University sanctions 2 frats for unregistered parties
The action by the Rhode Island universityoutlined in a letter signed by two of its vice presidentscomes as the U.S. Department of Educations investigates whether dozens of colleges and universities…