Plagiarism detector Turnitin turns attention to admissions
By Greg Jordan-Detamore | November 29Many college applicants may soon find their admissions essays electronically screened for plagiarism.
Many college applicants may soon find their admissions essays electronically screened for plagiarism.
After a fraternity initiation event at Yale last month sparked public protest from women's groups on campus and across New England, the university has created a new task force to review sexual misconduct policies.
A professor at the University of South Carolina at Columbia is offering an upper-level course this spring devoted to studying the societal factors that led to Lady Gaga's popularity.
With over 60 Greek houses on Cornell's campus, administrators have proposed new regulations that will affect alcohol use and condemn hazing. Students, concerned about how Cornell's social life might change, have spoken out against the proposed changes to alcohol policy.
A recent University report suggests extensive underreporting of sex crimes on campus, students and administrators said.
There were zero arrests on campus for drug or alcohol crimes in 2009, according to the most recent Department of Public Safety annual report.
When Raymond Chase, a sophomore at Johnson and Wales University's Providence campus, took his own life last month, his death was interpreted as one instance in an alarming trend, as several LGBTQ students across the country committed suicide in September.
When it became clear that six Cornell students had committed suicide over the course of the 2009–10 academic year, the media erupted. Articles on bridge barriers, anxiety and a university on edge flooded the Internet, publicizing what was meant to be a new insight to higher education: Not all ...
Providence can't compete with Boston's baseball team or baked beans, but Brown-affiliated teaching hospitals are fighting to make Rhode Island competitive with Longwood Medical Center and Partners HealthCare in Boston.
If students at Reed College are caught using any sort of illegal drugs, they will face disciplinary action within the college and may see criminal charges, according to an e-mail Reed President Colin Diver sent to students, faculty and staff on April 23.
Despite the University of California's recent budget cuts and substantial hike in student fees, the school system has spent about $2 million in recent years on bottled water, the New York Times reported April 15.
With a New Curriculum that offers nearly unadulterated academic freedom and a Division of Engineering that requires 21 courses from its bachelor of science concentrators, the University is in the midst of the same difficult balancing act as several other schools nationwide: expanding engineering offerings ...
The University of Wisconsin is ending its apparel licensing agreement with Nike because of concerns about displaced workers from factories used by the company in Honduras, Chancellor Biddy Martin told UW's Labor Licensing Policy Committee on April 9, according to a news release.
Sixty-three students from seven universities sent a letter Tuesday to President Ruth Simmons, commending her leadership in publicly responding to allegations of workers' rights violations by HEI Hotels and Resorts and asking her to encourage their schools to follow Brown's example and reconsider their ...
New York University has proposed a 20-year plan to expand its campus by six million square feet with new classrooms, offices and dorms around New York City, the New York Times reported last month.
The Rhode Island School of Design may become the third school in the city to grant officers arresting powers — but some RISD students, who fear that officers could use their new powers to arrest underage drinkers, do not want to see that happen.Brown and Rhode Island College are the only two universities ...
Salaries fell nationwide for more than a third of college faculty members, with overall growth flat for the 2009–10 academic year, according to an annual survey released by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources.