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Students storm UCLA building to protest expected UC system fee increase

About 30 students stormed UCLA's Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California's Board of Regents today.

 

Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion

Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion

A woman expelled for wearing a mini-dress that caused a near riot at a Brazilian college and made her an Internet sensation said all she wants is to go back to school. Well, she got her way....

 

Police: 3 ND college students found dead in pond

Police: 3 ND college students found dead in pond

The bodies of three missing North Dakota college softball players were found Tuesday inside a Jeep after authorities, aided by signals from the women's last desperate phone calls, spotted the vehicle submerged in a farm pond....

 

Police Search for Missing N.D. College Students

Police Search for Missing N.D. College Students

Authorities in southwestern North Dakota searched Monday for three Dickinson State University softball players reported missing after a friend received late night telephone calls that mentioned water and indicated the women needed help.

 

Public college costs rising fast

Public college costs rising fast

Despite downturn, tuition and fees rise 6.5 percent at public four-year colleges.

 

Probable cause hearing set in Yale murder case

A Connecticut judge has set a probable cause hearing for a former Yale University lab technician charged with murdering a graduate ...

 

University: No sex with roommate home

A new policy at Tufts University prohibits students in dorms from having sex while their roommate is in the room, according to the university's 2009-2010 student handbook.

 

China is hiring, and young Americans are going

When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took the drastic step of jumping on a plane to Beijing.

 

Source: DNA match led to arrest in Yale murder

Source: DNA match led to arrest in Yale murder

A DNA match linking Raymond J. Clark III to Yale student Annie Le led to his arrest on murder charges, a source with knowledge of the investigation said.

 

Prisons, colleges top states' budget cuts: Pew

Prisons, colleges top states' budget cuts: Pew

Faced with a total budget gap of $215 billion for fiscal years 2009 and 2010, most U.S. states looked to their prison and university budgets for relief, according to a report released on Thursday.

 

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