During the past two decades, public outcry over rising college prices at selective private colleges has escalated. Although since 1995 tuition has not risen relative to median family income, the...
Decision in NYU case may help organizing efforts at Brandeis, Chicago, Columbia, and Yale. Until last week, a decade-long battle under way at Yale University looked to be the test case for whether teaching assistants at private institutions could bargain collectively.
In a far-reaching opinion, the National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that graduate teaching assistants are employees eligible to seek collective-bargaining rights. The decision gives T.A.'s at private colleges across...
MIT received a pledge for $350 million yesterday to create a new institute on brain research, the largest single gift to a university ever. The institute will focus on the way humans learn and communicate.
The College Board wants to get rich. For years, the prestigious nonprofit organization has watched companies such as Kaplan Inc. and Princeton Review rake in the big bucks by tutoring students for the board's own tests, notably the SAT. So this fall, the century-old board, based in New York, is launching a dot-com to woo outside investors and teach more kids how to ace its tests, too. What's more, as a for-profit subsidiary, the 70%-owned Web site can dole out stock options and make its shareholders rich without harming the parent's tax-free status. It even hopes to go public next summer.
Saint John's University and the College of Saint Benedict would probably not be as strong as they are today had they not all but merged. Saint John's admits only men, and Saint Benedict only women
Transatlantic talks are going on between Princeton University and the University of Oxford about increasing their cooperation in the sciences. Oxford officials said the discussions between the two...
Seattle's entrepreneurial bug seems to have bitten the noted biologist Leroy Hood. Last month, the chairman of the department of molecular biotechnology left the University of Washington to start a...
"Isn't it time you get college credit for what you already know?" That's the question posed to prospective students on the World Wide Web site of Trinity College and University...
The National Labor Relations Board has let stand a decision by a regional labor official permitting professors at Manhattan College to bargain collectively, signaling a possible shift by the board...
A group representing people who buy, sell, rate, and insure bonds is asking private colleges to provide more timely, thorough, and consistent data about their finances and operations.
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Maryland could not exclude Columbia Union College, a Seventh-day Adventist institution of 1,100 students, from a program that distributes state funds to private...
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Tuesday that a divorced father should pay half of his son's tuition at a private university, declaring that price should not be a substantial factor in selecting...
Duke University's business school is forming a private venture to provide educational services tailored to companies. Duke Corporate Education Inc., an outgrowth of the school's nondegree program...
Hear that collective groan coming from financial-aid directors at highly selective private colleges? They learned that Princeton University is giving away more money.
A federal judge ruled in August that Maryland could not exclude Columbia Union College, a Seventh-day Adventist institution of 1,100 students, from a program that distributes state funds to...
Holding steady at $31,520. In a rare move for a selective private institution, Williams College announced last week that it would freeze its 2000-1 comprehensive cost, which includes tuition, fees...