Nov 20th, 2008 · The nation's largest university system says huge budget cuts mean it won't be able to accept all eligible student applicants. The California State University traditionally has accepted every student with at least a B average. Now it is on the verge of raising its academic standards and pushing up its application deadlines. Those actions are expected to hurt low-income students with few academic choices.
Oct 23rd, 2008 · The number of alcohol-related deaths is on the rise at colleges nationwide. But at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, no student has died from intoxication or an accident linked to drinking since 1998. The school's prevention program relies on peer health educators and honesty about the effects of alcohol.
Oct 5th, 2008 · As part of a strategy to get Liberty University's 10,000 students to vote, the school founded by the late Jerry Falwell will cancel classes on Election Day, bus students to the polls and lift curfew so students can watch the results on TV.
Aug 20th, 2008 · This year's New York State Fair has brought something new to the time-honored butter sculpture. It has turned the tradition green. When the fair ends, the state university's College of Environmental Science and Forestry will convert the sculpture's 900 pounds of butter into biodiesel for the college's vehicles — enough to power five round trips to the Adirondacks.
Aug 4th, 2008 · Saudi Arabia is not known for great research universities, so the oil-rich country has decided to build one. KAUST, the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, is rising in the desert near Jiddah. The biggest lure is the freedom to work without constantly having to beg for money because King Abdullah is giving the school one of the world's biggest endowments.
Jul 2nd, 2008 · Co-host Renee Montagne has today's Last Word in business.
Jun 16th, 2008 · Flooding in the Hawkeye State continues to wreak havoc. At the University of Iowa in Iowa City, 16 buildings are underwater. Other buildings belonging to the land-grant university are locked down, blocked by sandbags or without power.
Jun 14th, 2008 · A brigade of rescuers formed a human chain to protect a cache of rare manuscripts from rising waters at the University of Iowa. Film material used for cinema classes were also saved by the group. NPR's Andrea Seabrook talked with Nancy Baker, the university's director of libraries, who organized the rescue. According to Baker, hundreds of community volunteers showed up to help with the three-day effort.