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Kaus Files
Rot at Potemkin U.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently had to discipline a professor after The Charlotte Observer reported that the professor didn’t teach a summer school course he was paid $12,000 to teach. The 19 students who enrolled in the course w...
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WFMY | DigTriad.com
UNCG Heads Study Of ADHD Affect On College Students
Greensboro, NC-- The road to finding answers on how Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects college students will begin in Greensboro. Tuesday, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) announced it is heading a research team...
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Daily Chilli
`Stupid' janitor makes it to Harvard
She was bullied, ditched by her parents and left homeless. Dawn Loggins, a senior from Burns High School still made it to Harvard despite having the odds stacked against her. The 18-year-old remembers middle school to be a time when she was staying with...
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FIRE: Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
‘Crimson’ Reports on Due Process Concerns as Harvard Revises Sexual Assault Policy
Last Friday, The Harvard Crimson updated readers on Harvard University's ongoing study of its sexual assault policies, noting that the university's policy options have been affected by the controversial April 4, 2011, "Dear Colleague" letter from the Dep...
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University Business
Information On U Of North Carolina Charlotte Students, Faculty Exposed
The University of North Carolina Charlotte says bank account numbers and Social Security numbers of more than 350,000 students and faculty were accidentally exposed in a computer security breach. The school on Wednesday released results of a study after...
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Washington Examiner
Highlights of Perdue's budget proposal for 2012-13
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Highlights of adjustments in the $20.9 billion spending plan for the 2012-13 fiscal year unveiled Thursday by Gov. Beverly Perdue. The monetary figures are adjustments to what the Legislature already has budgeted for the year: — give...
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The Huffington Post
American Express Campus Edition Debuts As Prepaid Debit Card For College Students
Gone are the days when credit card companies set up tables with free candy and other gifts to get new college students to sign up for their services. This is the era of prepaid cards on campus. American Express announced on Wednesday the launch of its Ca...
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Buffalo News
Don’t apply to the same colleges as everyone else
T he buildup was big, but boy, did he deliver. Robert Franek, senior vice president/publisher at Princeton Review and author of “The Best 376 Colleges” and “The Best Value Colleges,” was recently a guest speaker at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N....
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Capital New York
'Dabblers' Gladwell and Bissinger debate college football with Green and Whitlock, unevenly
The idea is decidedly less so now. “I have no problem with grown men … choosing to participate in a potentially lethal profession,” he said last night, at a debate forum on college football sponsored by Slate and Intelligence Squared at N.Y.U.’s Skirball...
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Mercedes Sun-Star
Countdown to college: Don't apply to the same colleges as everyone else
The build-up was big, but boy, did he deliver. Robert Franek, Senior Vice President/Publisher at Princeton Review and author of "The Best 376 Colleges" and "The Best Value Colleges," was recently a guest speaker at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N....
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Are we supposed to judge institutions by price tag?
So at what point is it OK to panic? As I toured college campuses in North Carolina with my 17-year-old daughter during spring break, I heard all sorts of wonderful things. Students here are really involved. Most of them study overseas at some point. Ther...
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The Business Insider
Colleges Are Making A Boat-Load Off Students By Turning The Student I.D. Into A Pre-Paid Card
It looks like banks are getting a partner to promote prepaid cards: American universities. In a recent article in Time, Martha White covered the rise of prepaid offerings on college campuses and the benefits some of these schools may receive from marketi...
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News 14 Charlotte
Past experience underscores Etheridge's run for governor
To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. RALEIGH – It was a spark that ignited at an early age, and a teacher's encouragement that launched a life...
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The Spectator
Student loans make up most of US debt
Graduation used to mean anticipation to enter the work force. Now, graduation means facing the reality of a high-price education and subsequent debt. Education and cars are the only two things Americans owe more toward than their credit card companies. A...
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Buffalo News
When To Appeal A Rejection
D oes the rejection letter really mean it’s the end of your quest for admission to Dream U? Do colleges ever change their minds? The short answer is “no.” When desperate families try to appeal a rejection, their efforts almost always end in more disappoi...
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