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Students Click, and a Quiz Becomes a Game

A technology known as an audience response system is spreading to public and private schools across the country.

Arizona Law Takes a Toll on Nonresident Students

Administrators at several Arizona college campuses fear that statutes keeping illegal immigrants from obtaining financial aid and in-state tuition have priced some students out of their classes.

Democratic Nominee 'Picked' at Va. College

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Connecticut College to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 25

The Connecticut College community will gather Jan.

Faculty panel united by 'the good fight' at Big Apple discussion

Seven of Cornell's brightest scholars tackled topics ranging from global politics and crises in health, food and economics, to Cornell's international and intellectual missions at the 'Big Red in the Big Apple' event.

Earth's Soils Bear Unmistakable Footprints of Humans

Hasty Pudding picks Man and Woman of the Year

his year's choices for the Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year awards join the stellar company of a constellation of talent that includes Ella Fitzgerald, Katharine Hepburn, Jack Lemmon, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

Post-College Blues? Just Move Back In

Dowling College is planning to build some dorms for graduates on its campus in Shirley.

Heftier Aid at Elite Colleges Draws Praise, Rebukes

Decisions by Harvard, Yale and other elite schools to make college more affordable to a larger pool of applicants might have the unintended consequence of harming less wealthy institutions and the students who attend them, some educators and financial aid experts say.

New Welfare Rule Friendlier to Students

WASHINGTON -- Welfare recipients who go to college can use up to a year of classwork to meet the program's work requirements and no longer will need to have homework supervised for some of that time count as well.