Topic: Ivy League

UPass start date moved up

A brief news piece in the Sheaf, the campus newspaper, discussing the activation date of the new smart cards for students. Apparently, the pass...
I've written a lot about the horrible reality of the student loan industry. I've talked about how schools have no incentive to keep costs under...

Grading the graders

A FEW weeks ago I wrote a post about the use of value-added statistical analysis to evaluate teacher effectiveness. Briefly, I think it's a step in...

YSR ‘Smrithi Vanam' in Vemana University

YSR 'Smrithi Vanam' will be constructed and his statue will be installed on Yogi Vemana University (YVU) campus here in October in memory of former...

Frat to rework Arnocroft plan

Athens-Clarke planners, Five Points residents and Chi Phi continue to struggle with whether and how to turn a historic South Milledge Avenue house...

Florida dorm welcomes pets

Jasmine Parham's new college roommate is a dear friend from back home.. . The roomie responds to "Leo" and never goes to class, but can perform ...

Confusion over REX

DormCon, IFC, Panhel and the LGC did not sign recruitment agreement . For the second year in a row, the REX/Rush/Recruitment agreement between...

Rutgers enrolls record number of freshmen

Rutgers University is teeming with a record number of freshmen, up 3 percent from last year. Classes begin for the 7,300 first-year students on ...

Performance-based college funding eyed

Funding based on graduations rather than enrollment could be a good idea for Illinois state colleges and universities, members of a commission ...
When President Obama was elected in 2008 national exit polls had him carrying 66 percent of young voters versus Republican John McCain's 32...