Professors have been telling their students that they care about them personally, and the university is promoting counseling services.
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Filed under: Ithaca (NY), Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Colleges and Universities, Education and Schools, Cornell University — @ 2:26 am
Sat 6 Mar 2010
Filed under: Labor and Jobs, Unemployment, Hiring and Promotion, Colleges and Universities — @ 5:00 am
A new company in New York is offering coaching, at a price, for college graduates who are struggling to find a job.
Mon 1 Mar 2010
Filed under: Schenectady (NY), Union College, Colleges and Universities, Education and Schools — @ 5:21 am
After years of strained relations with Schenectady, N.Y., Union College has taken steps to embrace, and help revitalize, its hometown.
Mon 1 Mar 2010
Filed under: New Brunswick (NJ), Linwood Middle School, Labor and Jobs, Colleges and Universities, Education and Schools, New Jersey — @ 4:28 am
In New Jersey and elsewhere, schools are experimenting with individualized learning plans that are intended to help students create career goals.
Thu 25 Feb 2010
Filed under: Pagli, Marissa, Pagli, Stacey, Manhattanville College, Colleges and Universities, Murders and Attempted Murders — @ 6:03 am
Marissa Pagli, a freshman at Manhattanville College, was strangled by her mother, who then tried to kill herself, the police said.
Tue 23 Feb 2010
Filed under: Manhattanville College, Colleges and Universities, Education and Schools, Murders and Attempted Murders — @ 6:58 am
The body of the victim, a woman, was found after the police received a 911 call from security officials. Her death was being investigated as a homicide.
Tue 16 Feb 2010
Filed under: City University of New York, State Legislatures, Public Higher Education Empowerment and Innovation Act, New York State Commission on Higher Education, State University of New York, Spitzer, Eliot L, Education and Schools, Colleges and Universities, Paterson, David A, Politics and Government, New York State — @ 4:01 am
Gov. David A. Paterson wants to let boards of trustees, not the Legislature, decide how much to charge students and how to spend the money.
Mon 15 Feb 2010
Seeking to address an imbalance in U.S. medicine, nearly two dozen medical schools have opened or are set to open.
Mon 15 Feb 2010
Filed under: Lander, Bernard, Touro College, Colleges and Universities, Deaths (Obituaries) — @ 4:42 am
An academic sociologist, he established the college in response to Jews who felt adrift and marginalized in American college culture.
Mon 15 Feb 2010
Seeking to address an imbalance in American medicine, nearly two dozen medical schools have recently opened or might open across the country.