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Universities try to control students off campus

A growing number of universities are starting to take a more proactive approach to monitoring off-campus behavior and neighbors say the efforts are working…


Liberal arts colleges add classes to prepare students for jobs

Liberal arts colleges make a passionate case that the skills they offer — analysis, writing, argument — are the best preparation for a career in the ever-changing business world…


College orientations get political

Students arriving on campus encounter supersized efforts to encourage them to cast ballots…


Is college still worth the price?

Costs are soaring twice as fast as inflation, even as salaries for graduates are falling. Time to examine the old belief that college is worth whatever you can pay…


Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges

Two-year community colleges are seeing record enrollment as families squeezed by tough economic times steer high school graduates away from more expensive four-year universities…


For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time

Imagine that America had no system of post-secondary education, and you were a member of a task force assigned to create one from scratch…


Students Face Hit As Private Lending Dries Up

A retreat by private-sector lenders from the market for education loans is threatening to keep thousands of students out of college in the coming academic year…


Column: In a tough economy, good news for students

When you can barely afford to pay for a gallon of gas or a gallon of milk, the prospect of college tuition and fees can be daunting.


Education Benefits Double to $90,000 Under New GI Bill That Goes Into Effect Today

The new GI Bill, being called “a GI Bill for the 21st century,” is designed to allow more veterans to cover the full cost of their college education, making it possible for them to rely less on federal student loans, private student loans, or other forms of debt to pay for college…


Energy Industry Leaders Commit $1.6 Million to UH Petroleum Program

Two Fortune 500 oil companies have committed major funding to the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston…





College . 8 August 2008
For God, Country and Tuition Money
Aaron Olmstead

What is the federal government doing to increase the plausibility of your future education? Probably more than you think.

College . 8 July 2008
Getting from A to B
Stewart Lundy

If you stop the process, you stop the progress.

College . 26 June 2008
Waking Up Nemo
Maggie Dougher

A smart-aleck little fish learns to navigate a pretty big pond.

College . 17 June 2008
Present and Voting
Jennifer Carden

How I learned to appreciate the United Nations – in spite of everything I’ve ever been taught.

Hey Man, Slow Down
College . 2 June 2008
Hey Man, Slow Down
David Sessions

How Radiohead convinced me to give up fast driving and fast food.

College . 2 June 2008
Down in Kokomo: Final Part
Tim Raveling

It wasn’t just a vacation or a frivolous diversion from responsibility; it was an education.

College . 2 May 2008
Down In Kokomo: Part Three
Tim Raveling

Our nomads experience island life — and the robbery, rum cake, and ribald Marines it entails.

College . 21 April 2008
Down in Kokomo: Part 2
Tim Raveling

We were, indeed, happy campers.

College . 14 April 2008
Down in Kokomo
Tim Raveling

Four students put their spring break in the hands of fate—and land in bermuda.

College . 10 April 2008
The Fuzz
Jonathan Carden

Growing facial hair as a collegiate rite of passage.

College . 4 April 2008
Binge Thinking
Aaron Olmstead

Another round of needless lawmaking.

College . 25 March 2008
Pointless
Elisabeth Long

Four of pornography’s foremost face off during Yale’s featured “Sex Week” debate.

College . 14 March 2008
Roots
John King

Identity and the Southern Thing.

College . 14 March 2008
Reclaim the Kitchen
Stewart Lundy

Men, the kitchen is your domain. Become its master.

College . 6 March 2008
I Get Money
Jonathan Carden

I used to, at least. Before I came to college.

Why Hillary hates college students.
College . 28 February 2008
No Wood For You!
Jake Melville

Why Hillary Clinton doesn’t care about college students.

Powerless
College . 27 February 2008
Powerless
Stewart Lundy

Monday.

College . 25 February 2008
Suburban Hunting
Aaron Olmstead

One student’s pursuit of a better college diet.

College . 22 February 2008
The College Racket
Aaron Olmstead

Don’t get an undergraduate degree under false pretenses.

Straight Fs
College . 22 February 2008
Straight F's
David Sessions

Why the generation actively pursuing education is best known for its salty idiotspeak.

Hey Man, Slow Down
The College Racket
Why Guys Fear the Pretzel