Students Stand Down After New School Siege

After two weeks of concentrated campus activism and three days laying siege to the Graduate Faculty building in Manhattan, New School students are finally ready to cede back the territory. They won major concessions from New School administrators (including more autonomy for the Student Senate, the creation of a student study space on campus, […]

Student Stand-Off at New School

Whose library is it anyway? More than 100 New School students have taken over the Graduate Faculty building in Manhattan, enraged by plans to demolish the New School library, and irate at New School president Bob Kerrey’s attempt to cling to power despite a faculty vote of no confidence. And by “take over,” […]

New England Ice Storm Buys Applicants Extra Time

Even though some New Englanders are still frozen in from last week’s killer ice storm, local college applicants might be getting a bigger break than the tree branches right about now. So far, the following schools are reporting that they’ve extended their deadlines to accommodate anyone still iced under:

The University of Rochester will extend […]

Northwestern B-School Takes Back Admission Offers

“CONGRATULATIONS!” Anyone who’s ever applied to anything knows–that means it’s time to call your ‘rents, break out the bubbly, and party like you just got accepted to the school of your dreams. But for 50 applicants to Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, “congratulations” was quickly followed by, “Ooooops, we f’ed up.”
According […]

Admissions Officers Give the Inside Scoop

If you’re a high school senior who just submitted your applications, you probably envision those meticulously-typed forms floating into a dark void. But good news: in a blog post yesterday, The New York Times dissolved the barrier between the applicant masses and those elusive admissions officers.
The post is a Q&A with the Deans […]

College Football, Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

Wide-screen not wide enough for you? HD too 2-D? Fox Sports and Sony are teaming up to broadcast the national BCS championship game between the University of Florida and University of Oklahoma in 3D on January 8. Eighty theaters in 35 states will be showing the game in all its virtual 3D […]

Chapman U’s Underwear Fountain Fiasco

Students strippin’ down to their skivvies and frolicking in public–what’s the harm in that? Well, if you’re an innocent fountain in the path of 1,500 Chapman University student’s Undie Run, there’s about $19,000 worth of harm, according to the Los Angeles Times. After sprinting sans pants from Memorial Hall to Plaza Park in Orange, […]

Yale’s Endowment Shrinks

Not to be be outdone by their Cambridge counterpart, Yale University estimated a loss of approximately 25% of their endowment. So instead of $22.9 billion, Yale now only has $17 billion. Despite the loss, however, they’re still the second-wealthiest university in the nation.
Thank goodness. That just saved me from more than a few restless […]

Grad School, Half Off!

We joked earlier about laid-off or frustrated young job seekers taking refuge in grad school until the recession passes, as a sort of Duck and Cover strategy. Apparently St. John’s University in New York has the same idea — and it’s sweetening the deal by putting its degrees on sale:

The university announced the Alumni Assistance […]

Conservative Student Sues Liberal School

Sure, lots of college students and professors lean toward the liberal side of the political spectrum. Some conservative students respond by debating, while others sue.
William Felkner, a 45-year-old conservative, is suing the Rhode Island College School of Social Work for discriminating against him. This seems outlandish, but given his professors’ commentary — which favors […]

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