The Academic Ranking Of World Universities recently posted the final results of their research on world university rankings. According to their rating, the first went to the universities of Unites States. Fifty four percent of the top 100 universities are in US, with Harvard retaining the top spot, followed by Stanford and the University of [...]
Yale University has plans to expand its undergraduate programs by 15 percent, to about 6,000 more students. The new colleges will be built just north of the Grove Street Cemetery which would help connect the science facilities to the rest of the campus and will be open in 2013.
The New York Times reports that in [...]
The California State University’s Board of Trustees have voted 15 to 3 to raise yearly undergraduate tuition by $276. Undergraduates will pay an average of $3,797 next year, twice as much as what a California State University cost in the fall of 2000.
The New York Times reports that the increase in fees will be directed [...]
Boone Pickens has given Oklahoma State University a donation of $100 million, which is so far the largest gift given to the university to develop its academic programs. This is reportedly the second donation that Pickens presented to this university; he already donated $400 million several years ago.
Pickens earned a degree in geology from [...]
The academic staff at the West Virginia University has demanded its president Mike Garrison to resign for awarding a degree to Gov. Joe Manchin III’s daughter, which she didn’t earn. Garrison was already asked to resign less than a week ago.
The New York Times reports that the non binding resolution was approved by 565 to [...]
Our Lady of the Lake University, a Roman Catholic university in Texas, which was originally a high school founded in 1895, was hit by fire yesterday. The two main spires atop the Main Building collapsed during the fire which also damaged the Gothic-style Main Building that serves its administrators and staff.
The New York Times reports [...]
David Rockefeller, the youngest and the only surviving child and grandchild of the prominent John D. Rockefeller, is donating $100 million to Harvard University. The Rockefeller donation will be used both to support international study programs for undergraduates at Harvard as well as the university’s efforts to expand its arts education.
The New York Times reports [...]
The Charles R. Drew University plans to build a new facility for its Nursing School students, staff and professors. The construction of the new building, which is the first comprehensive training facility to be built in California in years, should be completed in Fall 2009.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the building of the new [...]
Once intended to allow for easy accessibility, online education creates copyright problems between U.S universities and academic publishers. Three prominent academic publishers — Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and Sage Publications — have sued Georgia State University, accusing it of using their copyrighted academic materials in digital format.
The lawsuit is the first of its [...]
Akash Maharaj, a former Yale undergraduate student, has been accused of lying on his admission application. Maharaj’s application turned out to be false.
Instead, Maharaj submitted documents of an outstanding scholar from Columbia University when he was transfered to Yale with a full scholarship of $32.000. In addition to the scholarship, Maharaj also received $15,000 in [...]