Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college — especially community college, according to a new report.
International students and their dependents spent $160 million in Hawaii during the last academic year.
Some slackers among us see a silver lining to the global swine flu pandemic: a rock-solid excuse for getting out of absolutely anything.
A former Pittsburgh man again faces a possible death penalty in a retrial in the shooting deaths of two Ohio college students a decade ago.
Health advocates are hoping that a cheap red watch worn by college students like Alicia Nelson will become the new fashion trend on campus this fall.
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Students living in northern Mexico have skirted residency requirements to attend U.S. public schools for generations, but when the superintendent in one Texas border town got word that about 400 school-age children were crossing the international bridge each day with backpacks but no student visas, he figured he had to do something.
Getting ready to send your kid off to college? Or packing up your stuff and heading to campus yourself? Check out the discounts and special programs to student travelers and their families.
They scour the Web in search of stolen phrases, dig through documents looking for evidence of looting. They can’t issue citations, but they can certainly let you know if you’ve failed to include one. Yes, the plagiarism police are on the job.
Controversy over President Barack Obama’s address to children recalls a similar uproar over President George H.W. Bush’s appeal in 1991 for kids to send him ideas and reminds Americans that Bush and President Ronald Reagan made multiple such speeches.
The lawyer for two Pakistani students who returned home Saturday after being detained in Britain during a series of terrorism raids said they were frequently strip-searched and served tainted food — a claim the British embassy rejected.
An eastern Pennsylvania teenager will be on probation until his 21st birthday for his role in the fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant.
- Sixty-five Oregon students were in quarantine in Beijing, China, after one of them tested positive for swine flu, a NBC News producer in Beijing said on Sunday.
A group of 20 students studying in Japan through the University of California, Davis, have been quarantined after two of their Japanese tutors were diagnosed with swine flu, a program coordinator said Wednesday.
In a June 17 story about the sentencing of two Shenandoah teenagers convicted of simple assault in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant, The Associated Press erroneously identified the defendant who slumped at the defense table after being sentenced. It was Derrick Donchak, not Brandon Piekarsky.
Two teenagers convicted of simple assault in the beating death of an illegal Mexican immigrant that sparked outrage from Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups were each sentenced Wednesday to at least six months behind bars.
One of several Pakistani students rounded up by British authorities on allegations of terrorism — later dropped — described his detention as "mental torture" after returning to his native country Thursday.
A judge sentenced two British men to life in prison Thursday for what he called the sadistic killing of two French students who were bound, tortured and stabbed to death in a London apartment last year.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (rehn-DEL') wants the Department of Justice to file federal charges against two teenagers in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant.
A group of 21 students and three teachers from a Maryland private school has been released from quarantine after being held by the Chinese government over fears about swine flu.
ELKHART, Ind. - There's no question that Albert White has earned the right to don a cap and gown for the march across the stage at the Elkhart Memorial High School graduation on May 31.
At the end of the school year, high-school students — especially rising juniors and seniors — begin planning their fall course loads. Many students consider dual enrollment, which are programs that allow qualified high-school students to take college courses while in high school. Students from a diverse range of academic backgrounds may take advantage of these programs.
Providence, R.I., Mayor David Cicilline wants the state to allow cities to assess private colleges $150 per student.
A Pennsylvania teenager has apologized for his role in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant.
South Carolina lawmakers want to prevent violence in teen relationships but won't allow a new school program aimed at curbing such abuse to mention gay and lesbian partnerships.
MILFORD, Conn.—A former Connecticut high school teacher took the stand in his sexual assault trial and denied having a sexual relationship with one of his students in 2003.
Carousing college students have been hit with $21,000 worth of citations - and 30 have been arrested - so far this fall as police throw the book at young drunks in the Allston-Brighton area.
Fifteen students were left with permanent scars after branding themselves with heated coat hangers at a house party, it emerged today. The 'group challenge' saw each student brand themselves with the initial of the hall they lived in last year.
Smithsonian Institution's American History Timeline resources for students.
Students from Washington University say they have complained to state and federal agencies that a Chicago, Illinois, nightclub barred six African-American members from their senior class trip celebration while admitting nearly 200 white classmates.
The proposals now before Congress would require just about everyone to buy health insurance or to get it through their employers — which would generally result in lower wages.
A third of Muslim students in Britain believe killing someone in the name of religion is justified, a new poll claims. The survey found that extreme Islamist ideology has a profound influence on a significant minority of Muslims on campuses across the country.
There's some real news among today's Northwest headlines, beginning with a Southeast Portland elementary school that is borrowing a page from the playbooks of child care centers, video stores and libraries. Two words: late fees.
School pupils affected by the earthquake in Padang, Indonesia, have been sending their stories to BBC News 'Hunger to Learn'.
The earthquake that struck L'Aquila last April destroyed many of the city's schools. For the last in our series Hunger to Learn, Duncan Kennedy has visited the Italian city to hear why pupils there no longer take education for granted.
Around the world, millions of children have to go to great lengths to get a decent education. In the fifth dispatch in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Aleem Maqbool reports from Pakistan's Swat Valley, where girls are defying Taliban attempts to stop them going to school.
Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because illness or disability prevent them going to school. In the third report in the BBC's Hunger to Learn series, Will Ross meets children in Tanzania who are overcoming visual impairment to learn.
"Rush Limbaugh is so "divisive" that to get him fired Leftie agitators have to invent racist sound bites to put in his mouth.
Every year more than a quarter of a million American college students head out to see the world through a study abroad program.
A Cason Lane Academy teacher faces theft charges after confessing to stealing small amounts of cash from a student fundraiser as well as student lunch money, according to Murfreesboro Police.
BOSTON -- Students could be seeing some changes in the school cafeteria if lawmakers institute one of the new bills being debated that would create new, stricter nutritional guidelines.
The rise of computers and mobile phones means children are no longer taught the techniques required to write properly. For the Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco, this is a bad thing.
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. -- Last week, eight Perry County teens were charged with child pornography for allegedly recording sex acts on their cell phones and sending them to others.
The University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst has received a federal grant of $300,000 to increase suicide prevention efforts.
Several students were injured in a school bus accident in Pendleton County, Kentucky on October 6, 2009.
HASKELL, Okla. -- Choosing a homecoming queen is a tradition at most high schools, but an Oklahoma school and one of its players are making school history with their selection.
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PARIS - PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING drugs to help students burn the midnight oil, learn faster or have better recall at exam time could pose a major dilemma for colleges in the future, according to a paper published on Thursday.
BOSTON -- Underage drinking and teens can be a fatal mix. But as NewsCenter 5's Heather Unruh reported Tuesday, a unique program is using science to get through to teens about the dangers of alcohol.
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Checks for up to $3,000 will be available soon to students who have applied for Veterans Affairs educational benefits and who have not yet received their government payment.