Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a bill by John McCain that would have increased college aid for military veterans because they said it didn't go far enough and would serve only as political cover for the GOP presidential candidate.
With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music. But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.
If you're the parent of a soon-to-be high school graduate who is charting a course to college, congratulations are in order.
North Carolina's community college system reversed itself Tuesday and said it will no longer admit illegal immigrants until federal officials formally weigh in on whether it is legal.
Watch out, MySpace: SIUE alums now have their own online gathering place.
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On the Senate campaign trail, Al Franken frequently invokes the name of his friend, the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, as a major inspiration.
Students attending Southeast Missouri State University will be facing higher tuition starting in the fall.
It used to be called "regular." But there's nothing regular about leaded gasoline these days - good luck even finding a gallon.
A palpable sense of angst was on display at the University of Missouri's flagship campus Thursday afternoon - and the anxiety stemmed from a lecture hall full of professors, not students stressing over final exams.
Undercover agents who posed as college students to bust more than 100 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University never had to crack a book to gain acceptance on campus. All it took was cash.
Harvard is the world's richest university, yet it recently pulled whole grain pasta from the dining service menu, replaced cherry tomatoes with wedges and even started using more chicken thighs in lieu of breasts.
Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.
San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
75 students arrested in San Diego University drug bustA Southern Illinois University student killed last week when a tractor-tractor slammed into his stopped car in a construction zone will get his degree posthumously.
Bond has been set at $15,000 for a St. Xavier University freshman accused of scrawling a threatening message in a dorm restroom that closed the campus for several days last month.
Three University of Arkansas students suffered minor injuries and 110 people were displaced when their dormitory caught fire on the Pine Bluff campus.
Southwestern Illinois College President Elmer H. Kirchoff will retire July 1.
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When Belleville West abandoned its old West Main Street Campus five years ago, there was no shortage of people who predicted the site would become a vacant, weed-choked eyesore.
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When Dawn Mushill first walked the halls of Southwestern Illinois College in Granite City in 1983, she didn't know she'd later come back as an adjunct professor.
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Every afternoon, Carla Trice mixes coffee at the Granite City Starbucks and sets aside some of her manager salary to send her daughter to college.
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