Thank you, sir! May I have another college cliche?

The classic college movie Animal House is part artifact, part rallying cry, and part advertisement for American university way of life. It is also now thirty years old and, considering the state of its liver, about due for a mid-life crisis, at least on the part of administrators:

Perhaps Dean Wormer has given way to Dean […]

More U.S. Students Headed North of the Border for College

Oh, Canada! We love their universal health care, cheap prescription drugs, and maple syrup. And it looks like more American students are learning to love their institutions of higher education. According to the Boston Globe, the number of U.S. students attending college across our friendliest border has doubled since 2001. What attracts […]

Athletes’ SAT Scores Really Are That Bad

Dumb jock jokes are more than just rib-poking.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, at least, is out to prove they’re based in truth. In a study of 54 public universities across the country, released yesterday, the paper revealed that football players’ SAT scores were 220 points lower than their peers’. (Basketball players fared even worse.)
Then again, these […]

The Problem with Paper Towels

If your New Year’s resolution is to be a little more green, here’s a good way to get started. The New York Times’ Green Inc. blog interviewed Rob Gogan, recycling and waste manager at Harvard University, who revealed that paper towels alone account for between 20 and 40 percent of waste thrown out by […]

Happy Holidays from the Prereq!

The adorable dog says it all. We’re out of here to get some holiday spirit going–we’ll be back next week!

College Application Update: The Good, the Bad, and Even More Bad

Despite attempts to inject a little holiday cheer into current events, the latter half of 2008 has been a major buzzkill for colleges. The New York Times reported today that, while early decision and early action apps are up at many private colleges, the regular decision pile is dwindling, big time. Sure, the […]

College Prowlin’ on Facebook

Eager beavers who got the early nod on their college applications may have rushed to join the “College X Class of 2013″ Facebook groups for their brand-new alma maters. And they may have noticed something…odd–at least, higher ed recruitment blog Squaredpeg did. One-off school logos? Admins who had no affiliation with the school […]

Vandals Running Amok at University of California, Santa Cruz

Who’s behind the latest vandalism spree at University of California, Santa Cruz? When the sun came up Thursday morning, the few UCSCers left on campus during winter break were left to survey overnight damages, including:

broken windows at the University House and Owl’s Nest Cafe,
road spikes on Meyer Drive,
damaged construction equipment, and slashed tires and […]

The Keepers of the Flame at the Empire State Building

Free-thinking Christians are studying inside one of New York City’s most iconic structures, the Empire State Building, according to a breathless report in today’s New York Times. Apparently three floors of the skyscraper are occupied by The King’s College, an Evangelical school that seems, well, a little radical. Students, who live unchaperoned in nearby apartments, […]

Obama’s College Pics

In the future, finding out about a president’s college past will be as simple as clicking on their Facebook profile. Fortunately for Barack Obama, old-fashioned film takes a lot longer to come to light than digital scans of last night’s party. Time magazine has found a roll of photos taken of our soon-to-be […]

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