Garfield Elementary pupils note broken sidewalks, speeding motorists and other hazards in hopes that Santa Ana will correct them. On the first day of class, Chris Marx asks his fifth-grade...

CEGEPS and tech colleges have employers calling to court graduates but job offers go unfilled because there are not enough students Every week, John Popovitch receives between 25...

But students can be distracted from classwork, too, as more than half in a survey said they checked Facebook or MySpace and sent or received e-mail while in class. Use Wi-Fi, get...

A team of British and Australian researchers have found that medical students have little in the way of street smarts when it comes to recreational drugs. In a paper published in...

INTERNATIONAL students do just as well as Australian students at Australia's elite universities, countering claims that international students are "soft-marked" and are dragging down...

LOS ANGELES - A highly contagious gastrointestinal virus has sickened another 70 students at the University of Southern California (USC), bringing the total number of sick students to...

Sen. Charles Schumer says particular attention needs to be paid during the current financial upheaval to make sure the student loan market is protected from the credit crunch. The...

Charity Triplett of Yerington joined the largest graduating class in Whitworth history as the university celebrated its 118th Commencement in mid-May in Spokane, WA., and when she was...

WASHINGTON - A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student...

A Carleton University student has quit school after being hit with a fine and other sanctions for hacking into a university computer to steal identification and financial data from 32...

Although it won’t affect UF students, some college students in Florida who worry about securing federal student loans may be able to rest easy for at least another year. A bill...

Two more Long Island students have viral meningitis, including a second case at a Greenlawn high school, the school districts said. A Division Avenue High School student has viral...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., - Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture web service for higher education, announced that it will unveil the results of an important study highlighting the...

Students from this spring's Chicago Public Schools graduating class collected nearly $157 million in college scholarships, nearly twice the $82 million earned the year before and a district...

A group of high school students today proposed dramatic changes to the state’s tough new graduation requirements that would create separate routes to a high school diploma based on...

An Indian American student has been identified as one of 25 people who died when a Metrolink commuter train had a head-on collision with a freight train near Los Angeles on Friday. Atul...

It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college. In fact, a new study calculates,...

In order for the Dallas Harvest Festival to be a success, organizers rely on community volunteers to assist at the event. Students from Misericordia University make up the largest...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - A fight a few blocks south of the University at Buffalo South Campus early Saturday sent a student to Erie County Medical Center in serious condition after he was knocked...

A 19-year-old Santa Clara University student died Thursday night after falling from a third-floor railing at the school library, according to Santa Clara police. Police spokesman...

Five high school students were taken to a hospital Friday morning after being attacked by a dog at their southeast Atlanta bus stop, police and school officials said. None of the...

C-Berkeley welcomed students this week with a three-day party in the gymnasium and reassured their anxious parents with a new high-tech warning system. For several days, new and returning...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Two Drake athletes have been honored as co-recipients of the school's outstanding student-athlete award. Adam Emmenecker and Jill Martin on Monday were given the...

The first on-campus housing facility for Niagara County Community College students is ready for occupancy. About 215 students are expected to move this weekend into Village College...

The hallways at Spruce High School didn't sound typical for a first day of classes Monday. They were quiet. Principal Lucy Davila Hakemack's heels click-clacked smartly as she walked...

A murder inquiry has been launched following the death of a 16-year-old student from Qatar who was attacked in a seaside town in East Sussex. He suffered a head injury in an attack...

Two University of Georgia students were taken to the hospital Thursday after falling out of the back doors of a campus bus, according to the Red and Black, the university's student paper....

SEATTLE (AP) — Ah, life in the university district. Cheap ethnic food. Vibrant street life. Fresh-faced students whizzing by on bicycles. People who choose to live on the beautiful...

ohannesburg - Only 22% of higher level students complete their undergraduate degree within the required study period, said Education Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday. "Out of the...

After he's done with his security dust up with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Zack Anderson plans on slightly different work: A company that turns heat from a car's...

ONE of Melbourne's key student bodies has urged the Federal Government to abolish full fees for international students, in what would be a dramatic reshaping of the multibillion-dollar...

StudentLoanCenter.biz, an online source of information and assistance for the student loan market, has good news for current and future students in need of financial help. Carlsbad,...

ISTANBUL, Turkey: Rescue workers searched for survivors late into Friday night in the rubble of a three-story dormitory housing female students in central Turkey that collapsed after...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For years, the higher-ups at the University of Georgia have tried to suppress the school's image as a booze fueled party school -- but from the looks of things,...

Cutting budgets at Kansas’ six universities by as much as 7 percent by 2010 would mean losing jobs, classes, services and programs at some of the schools, officials said Tuesday. University...

While students are enjoying summer vacation, Gwinnett County Schools police have been busy investigating cases lingering from the school year. The following are recently released...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Would you visit a doctor who dresses like a pimp or wears a lab coat labeled “Kevorkian Medical Clinic?” University of Florida researchers found several such...

More than 125 National City Bank volunteers worked yesterday to prepare the Family Scholar House, a 56-apartment facility that will house single parents attending college and their children. Advertisement The...

Cambridge University student Adam Strickland is sent by his elderly professor to study a garden in Tuscany, Italy. The garden, nearly 400 years old, was created by Federico Dolci...

PEORIA, Ill. — The last of four college students convicted in the death of a Bradley University soccer player has been released from jail. Twenty-two-year-old Ryan Johnson served...

ASHEVILLE – Asheville City Schools officials are trying to figure out why students are leaving the school district after elementary school. According to enrollment data, some of...

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Clay County Commissioner Jerry Waller is due in court on charges that he slapped a male high school student during a shop class in May. Records at the Clay County...

An international exchange program is asking for help to house 12 students who will arrive in a week and still have no host families. Jesse Cook with World Heritage said a program...

Nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education. The report, based...

The public today could start getting a better picture of how many California students are dropping out of school. For the first time in California, dropout rates will be measured based...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - A laptop computer containing personal information about more than 2,500 current and former Indiana State University students was stolen from a professor as he traveled...

MENOMONIE, WIS. - Three college students who died in a house fire in April had blood-alcohol levels from two to almost four times the legal limit in Wisconsin drunken driving cases,...

MILFORD, Conn. - Milford's superintendent of schools is proposing that students be subjected to breath testing for alcohol at school functions. Superintendent Harvey Polansky is asking...

A report outlining the major issues that universities could face in the future has been published. The report, by Universities UK, suggests a number of different scenarios for the...

Universities could close, or be forced to lower standards or significantly raise fees, unless urgent action is taken to address a fall in student numbers, vice-chancellors warn today. A...

Some universities will face closure or merger as they struggle to compete for a dwindling number of students over the next 20 years, vice-chancellors warn. A report for umbrella body...

An online advert offers prospective students an alternative way to enrol in a university, Monitor daily reported on July 10. ET Lina, a firm from Sofia, offers applicants to any Bulgarian...

Universities saw a dramatic rise in earnings from working with industry last year, reaching a record total of £2.6bn. That represents a 17% increase in business funding compared...

The University of Michigan has agreed to pay $2.5 million toward the settlement agreement Rich Rodriguez reached with West Virginia, U-M announced today. Athletic Director Bill Martin...

British police have detained a second man in connection with the murder of two French students last week in London. The 23 year old was picked up one hour after police issued an announcement...

A man has been charged with the murders of two French students who were found dead in a bedsit in south-east London. Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, had been bound and...

An international student is suing a number of Australian security companies, after he was allegedly paid just $AU200 for 150 hours of security work at this year's Australian Tennis Open. That's...

The man held in the slaying of a University of Kansas law student and social activist has killed himself while in custody in New Jersey. Lawrence police said Adolfo Garcia-Nunez,...

A man has turned himself in to police in London in connection with the brutal murder of two French students, and was later taken to hospital. Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both...

DILI, East Timor - Police in East Timor's capital fired tear gas Monday to disperse students protesting a plan by lawmakers to buy themselves new cars with state funds, authorities said. Officers...

METRO VANCOUVER - A 19-year-old University of B.C. student who was a math and biology whiz in high school has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two campus lockdowns at UBC last...

Minnesota prosecutors charged a nineteen-year-old college student with a felony for bribery and solicitation, all because of an e-bay posting. A journalism student at the University...

WASHINGTON: Indian grad students studying in the US are finding the summer hard. Those who chose not to go back to India for the summer break, hoping to get summer jobs, are finding...

SNOHOMISH -- The last-day-of-school assembly was largely about transitions: from grade to grade and school to school. Half the students would remain at Snohomish High and half would...

Catherine Quinn takes a closer look at the different types of financial support available for students With the system seeming to change almost annually, it's no wonder many students...

As they open their A-level results and make their final choice of university, another decision looms almost as large for prospective students: where they are going to live, and how much...

More than 100,000 California students quit high school each year, but the path toward dropping out begins long before high school. Three new studies from the California Dropout Research...

NEW YORK - Affiliated Computer Services Inc. said it won a seven-year deal to provide loan servicing for Student Loan Finance Corp. ACS said the deal is worth $67 million, all told. The...

Britain's universities are becoming increasingly over-reliant on fees from overseas students, a standards watchdog has warned. Peter Williams, head of the Quality Assurance Agency,...

Commenting on the National Audit Office report published today on widening participation in higher education, Liberal Democrat ShadowUniversity, Innovation and Skills Secretary, Stephen...

A new study from Harvard University predicts housing woes will continue as the economy wavers from the sharp drop in home building, credit and stock market turmoil, and a slowdown in...

CHICAGO — It took a Chicago Public Schools student a whole year to win a sleek perfect attendance prize—but she has a few years to go before she can use it. Ashley Martinez...

A group of foreign oceanography graduate students got a scare when they recently applied to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for access to U.S. ports where their research...

Reading and math scores for New York students in grades three through eight improved significantly across the state this year, with particularly sizeable gains in the large urban areas,...

MANILA, Philippines - Members of a fraternity at the University of the Philippines held their annual ritual of running naked on campus six months early on Wednesday — by official request...

Seattle police are investigating a reported rape at a Southeast Seattle school in which a student says she was attacked by a boy who forced her into a school restroom at gunpoint. Seattle...

A $100-million dollar supercomputer will be built at the University of Melbourne for biomedical research. The Victorian Premier, John Brumby, announced the project in San Diego overnight. The...

Hamilton County families are invited to host international exchange students coming to the area this fall. The students are aged between 15 and 18 and will have their own spending...

Chicago, IL - In a tough economy, you might expect college students to be pessimistic as they prepare to enter a tightening job market. A new survey conducted by Honor Roll Online, America's...

Students are borrowing record amounts to pay for their studies, new government figures published today reveal. The total amount loaned to university students rose by 32.2% last year...

WASHINGTON- Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money. They received...

Every week, John Popovitch receives between 25 and 30 job postings for full-time positions in the information technology sector. But as the employment development officer in Vanier College's...

When Carlito Umali takes center stage Sunday at Seattle University's commencement ceremony, he's going to talk about community. And that's just about all the soon-to-be grad is willing...

KOLKATA - Although several steps are being initiated by the state government to impart primary education to all, the annual status report on education shows that the state’s average...

Topeka, KS - Northeast Kansas was hit by several tornadoes from Wednesday night until Thursday, causing extensive damage in the area. So far two casualties were reported, a woman whose...

Will Barack Obama bring out more college students on election day than Hillary Clinton would have? Some political analysts say "yes." The fight over getting the votes of college students...

During the past year, Loyalist students were in bowling alleys, running relays, pampering clients in spa, washing cars, fine dining at galas and cuddling critters. What did these students...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas - Lone Star College-Montgomery is looking for a few good Student Ambassadors for the upcoming 2008-09 academic year. Student Ambassadors serve as the official...

OAKRIDGE, Ore. — The third-grade teacher who taped a disobedient child to a chair last month will be disciplined but not fired, the Oakridge School District said. What type of action...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Yale University has approved plans for its largest expansion in decades, changes that will allow it to raise enrollment by 15 percent, school President Richard...

The president of Yale University announced on Saturday that Yale will increase its undergraduate enrollment by 15 percent, to about 6,000, by building two new residential colleges that...

Not long ago, students planning to attend a Texas college or university typically worried only about the letters that spell SAT or ACT, the college entrance exams. These days, another...

In just 30 years, we have seen a 577 percent increase in tuition and fees at colleges and universities across the nation -- a rate that has grown much higher than the rate of inflation....

WOODLAND, Calif.—A Woodland High School student who is battling cancer will be allowed to graduate with her class despite falling behind in her studies. School officials say Leanna...

A student’s finger was chopped off at Lincoln Park High School when the window he was trying to open fell on his hand Friday morning on the North Side. The incident occurred at...

REGINA – An 18-year-old Catholic high school student was killed early Friday when he was struck by a falling fence post during a rowdy grad party on a golf course, RCMP said. About...

A community-college professor will not face criminal charges over the death of a 19-year-old student who fell unconscious at his condo after a drug overdose. Phoenix police Thursday...

(WSB Radio) - A 34-year-old Clayton County high school teacher charged with disorderly conduct and making a terroristic threat against a student made a fire court appearance Thursday...

The Community College of Allegheny County will attempt to enroll a student body that is at least 27 percent minority or disadvantaged, the school's board of trustees announced Thursday. CCAC...

PASADENA, Texas — A 17-year-old student offered money and drugs to a high school classmate for the murder of a girl he suspected of harming his relationship with another girl, police...