It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it’s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents’ salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark. picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago

The Electoral College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the National Popular Vote (NPV). Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site. About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Think it's hard being MacGyver? Then try being MacGyver AND a college student at Phoenix University! Watch what happens as MacGyver tries to manufacture a condom using only paperclips and his imagination!

Additional episodes in comments picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

As the school year begins, be ready to hear pundits fretting once again about how kids today can't write—and technology is to blame.

A professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University has organized a mammoth project called the Stanford Study of Writing to scrutinize college students' prose.
Her conclusions might surprise you. picked by Bingo 2 months ago

In this, the year of Twitter's explosion and Facebook's ascendancy, it's inevitable that everywhere we look, institutions are going to be struggling to figure out how to deal with new media. Professional and big-time college sports are no exception and here is a breakdown of the impending crackdown. picked by 1krazykorean 3 months ago

Now on Google Video: a college class in Anatomy and Physiology.
Quite interesting picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A Sichuan student who failed his Chinese-language paper in this year's National College Entrance Examination has secured a university place because he wrote an 800-word essay in Bronze Age oracle bone script picked by suebe 5 months ago

Despite the common notion that America remains plagued by a divorce epidemic, the national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

For three years after college graduation, Daniel Seddiqui struggled to land a job. So he shifted gears and went after 50, one in each state, for one week apiece. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Yet another all-female college had to face financial reality and open their doors to men as well as women. As usual whenever an institution tries to stop the prejudice and bigotry of the past, they get sued by the female students & alumni trying to stop the integration. The same women who sue all-male institutions forcing them to take on women. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

His parents say they never planned to enroll their son in college at age 8, and sought to put him in a private elementary school when he was 6. "They didn't want to accept me because I knew more than the teacher there. picked by tigertony 5 months ago

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago my younger sister "Cilla" generously set up college funds for my three children. Each account has more than $25,000. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

Some prominent New York divorce lawyers couldn't think of another case where a spouse -- in this instance, the wife of a major Broadway theater operator -- had taken to YouTube to spill the secrets of a marriage in an apparent effort to gain leverage and humiliate the other side. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Highschool freshmen in Florida will be forced starting this Fall to declare a college major from a set a state-approved choices, while students in Mississippi will be able to choose from nine career paths. The states involved support this move and think it will benefit the children. College administrators, who will be teaching the students in the future, say otherwise. picked by joshdb 2 years ago

Moshe Kai Cavalin likes to tell about the time his father took him to take his college entrance test. The administrators told his dad he couldn’t bring an 8-year-old with him into the test room. His father told them the boy was going in alone — because he was the one taking the test.

not the kid in this picture. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school.

*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally. He started taking college courses at 14. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

A bill that would grant Colorado residents who were awarded Purple Heart or higher medal free college tuition is under fire as too costly by people such as David Skaggs of the Dept of Education. The same David Skaggs who proposes having tax payers pay a large percentage of illegal alien's tuition. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The first on-the-scene study of college drinking behavior shows that parties with drinking games result in higher blood alcohol levels.

In other news, the sky is blue. picked by sparklyeyedgal181 2 years ago

BATON ROUGE, La. - A young woman killed two female students in a college classroom at a vocational college Friday, then killed herself, police said. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago