Universities News

GOP Governor Rick Scott has issued a challenge to colleges across Florida to offer 4-year degrees that cost no more than $10K.

Calgary - Canadian universities received a failing grade in the annual Campus Freedom Index by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF). The report claims that these post-secondary institutions have desecrated free speech.

Madrid - Most educational institutions, at all levels, closed today as teachers and students took to the streets to protest austerity cuts.

UK universities have been told to cut costs rather than complain over insufficient funds. For universities who think the rise in tuition fees to £9,000 will not be enough, Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes say they should cut wages of highly paid staff

Toronto - Speaking at a press conference at City Hall Wednesday, Karen Sun, executive director of Chinese Canadian National Council said Toronto’s reputation will be "tarnished" if city council doesn’t demand an apology from Maclean’s magazine.

A religious think tank in the United Kingdom is predicting the end of public universities, after the coalition government voted to allow a huge rise in tuition fees.

The UK’s top universities have been accused of having an unpublished list of "banned" A-level subjects, putting students from comprehensives at a disadvantage when applying for places.

Falling on hard times and competition from the likes of Facebook, another university yearbook bit the dust. The only thing left is to write the obituaries as one after another can’t compete and succumbs.

Oh, those kids! Crosstown, uptown, downtown, neighboring city sports rivalry has been a tradition since the beginning of sports competitions, and this year USC students took it up a notch.

With school just 2 weeks into session, WSU reports 2,000 infections of H1N1 swine flu. 55 percent of college campuses are hit with the aggressive bug.