Nothing Will Stop College Drinkers; Old Words Disappear
Plus: a new stay-in-school rallying cry
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A profane and occasionally ALL-CAPS email to the sorority's listserv offers a compelling (and funny) portrait of a woman driven into social anxiety and paranoia by her club's middling social success, no matter which way success has been measured at UM and beyond since the letter went public.
Plus: a new stay-in-school rallying cry
Plus: a disconcerting grant funding disparity
And: "woot" gets added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Plus: women are more likely than men to think that higher education is useful
58,000 people signed up for a free Stanford course
Also: Two more law schools embrace military recruiters after DADT repeal
College students study less, but professors are handing out more A's
Harvard Business School has admitted fewer finance-types this year
A Georgetown study, though, suggests his new mentees may be short-changed
Graduating class must be feeling pretty proud
Offended students unanimously vote for social scientist's termination
British lawmakers propose to reserve admission to top universities for wealthy students who can pay upfront
The for-profit school is target of a class-action lawsuit for scamming students
Michael Cunningham and Barbara Ehrenreich return their honorary degrees
CUNY passes on awarding the Pulitzer-winning playwright an honorary degree
Today's job market sees college graduates with jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree
University's Baptist vice president allegedly fired her because of her lifestyle
A look back on the doom-and-gloom coverage of higher education
The New Republic's Jonathan Chait says legal education is a 'giant bubble'
After being admonished several times, she grudgingly issued an apology
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