Dozens of private colleges and universities here -- seeking to cut costs -- will form a holding company that will take over many of their administrative operations.
Two nontraditional institutions, Union Institute and Vermont College, are merging. Union, which is based in Cincinnati, will assume control of Vermont College's campus, in Montpelier.
Students at Harvard University ended a 20-day sit-in this month with a promise by the university to form a committee. Dozens of members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement took over an...