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Dartmouth sorority, 2 fraternity members charged in student's drowning death
Misdemeanor charges for providing alcohol to minors following the death of Won Jang have been filed against 21-year-old Matthew Catrambone and 21-year-old Samuel Terry.
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1 dead and 16 injured at Tuskegee University homecoming weekend shooting
One person is dead and “several” were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said “a non-university individual” was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting.
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More students are eligible for college aid, but fewer high schoolers enroll — ‘there's still work to do,' official says
Although more students are eligible for federal aid this year, rising college costs and ballooning student debt balances are still major concerns.
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Here's where the tri-state colleges and universities rank on U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges list 2025
Princeton University held onto its spot at the top of the annual “U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges” list for 2025. The Ivy League school once again ranked as the best national university in the latest rankings released Tuesday. MIT came in second, followed by Harvard and Stanford. Yale University in New Haven, Conn. came in fifth. Other tri-state…
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Find out which schools made US News & World Report's Top 25 ‘Best Colleges' for 2025
Several Illinois and midwestern colleges and universities landed in U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of “Best Colleges” for 2025, with many moving up spots on the prestigious list.
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Student in carving of racial slur on teammate's chest no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College
The unidentified student is accused of carving the epithet using a box cutter at an on-campus swim team gathering.
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This college has the highest-paid graduates—it's not Harvard, Princeton or any Ivy League school
People who received identical bachelor degrees in the same major earned vastly different salaries depending on which school they attended, Payscale reports.
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Women's college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder's will from 1900
Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year.
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Flooding at Stony Brook U. prompts school to offer students money to not move in
Stony Brook University on Long Island has experienced “significant flooding” damage from storms that hit the tri-state area Sunday night – adding stress and uncertainty to the start of a new school year for students. In an email sent out to students, Rick Gatteau, Stony Brook’s Vice President of Students Affairs and Catherine-Mary Rivera, the school’s Assistant Vice President...
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Flooding at Stony Brook University prompts school to offer students money to not move in
NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.
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US colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off
At St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, officials announced a plan to cut 42 degree programs and 50 minors, music among them. The move has created turmoil for students who chose the campus to study music.
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Former college athletes could get between a few dollars and more than a million under settlement agreement
The $2.78 billion deal settles several lawsuits claiming that previous NCAA rules denied thousands of athletes the opportunity to earn millions of dollars off the use of their names, images and likenesses.
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Fraternity and sorority suspended as Dartmouth student's death investigated
Dartmouth College has suspended a fraternity and a sorority as the investigation continues into the death of a student whose body was found Sunday in the Connecticut River after a party nearby the night before, the school said. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing late Sunday afternoon after the gathering Saturday night, a Dartmouth official said….
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University of Virginia to pay $9M after campus shooting that killed 3 football players
The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players.
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From Seinfeld to Butker, commencement speaker appearances invite controversy
The raging war in Gaza and divisive social commentary have driven backlash at a growing number of college graduation ceremonies.
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California student was accepted to 122 colleges and received $5.3 million in scholarships
One Oakland high schooler is raking in the college acceptance letters and scholarships.
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Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld commencement amid wave of graduation anti-war protests
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos Sunday when students at Duke University in North Carolina walked out just before his commencement speech, the latest in a wave of anti-war protests that took place at college graduations across the country this weekend.
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Photos: Pro-Palestinian demonstrations on US college campuses
Students at dozens of universities across the country have gathered on campuses in the past week to protest the Israel-Hamas war.
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USC cancels commencement speakers amid criticism over decision to stop valedictorian's speech
The University of Southern California (USC) will not have commencement speakers at its upcoming ceremony after the institution canceled a speech from its pro-Palestinian valedictorian, the school announced Friday.