If you have any doubts about the explosion of Twitter.com usage, here’s news that should interest you. UniversitiesAndColleges.org conducted a study of the usage of Twitter at the top 100 U.S. colleges and universities. The study reports:

Shooting at Skyline college has left one student seriously injured. The college is currently locked down.

The Princeton Review recently released its college rankings, but the focus on that set of rankings is, as always, on party schools. This is only Forbes second-annual ranking list, and the Forbes College Rankings 2009 lists a definite non-party school at the top: West Point.

Primary Research Group has published The Survey of College Purchasing Managers, ISBN #1-57440-124-6. The study presents data from 50 college purchasing departments with a mean annual budget $153 million and a range of $100,000 to $1 billion in purchasing spending. Bargaining power has shifted from sellers to buyers in many key markets and the report relates how purchasing departments are taking advantage of the shift.

Many of the battles to desegregate Southern colleges and universities were fought in public, but efforts to desegregate the standardized testing that is often a prerequisite to admission have, until now, received little attention.

At a time when students and parents are having a difficult time paying for college tuition costs, some state college presidents’ salaries have increased.

A natural gas line has broken at the Westmont College, forcing the fire department to shut off natural gas to the college. This has brought down our generators. We have between 1/2 hour and 4 hours of UPS left, so may not be able to post further updates through the web site.

Hunter College's Model UN team took home an Honorable Mention and a Verbal Accommodation this past weekend at the third annual Columbia Model UN Crisis Simulation.

The president of Iowa Central Community College Mr. Robert Paxton has quited his job over beer photo, but will get a $400,000 severance package.

The Princeton Review presented the list of the Top Party Schools among many university rankings. Once again, my college made the Top 10 list of biggest party schools. It brings a tear to my eye. Like a proud mamma watchin' her baby do his first keg stand.

The Princeton Review green college ratings appear in new 2009 editions of The Princeton Review's Annual College Guides and website profiles of schools. The Green ratings are based on environmental practices, policies and course offerings. The Princeton Review's Green Rating Honor Roll salutes 11 colleges receiving green ratings of 99 (highest score).

Princeton Review ranks the 368 bast colleges. The ranking of colleges and universities are also based on how green they are. The Princeton Review is based on 120,000 student surveys. 62 Ranking lists report top 20 colleges in categories from Profs to Food to Financial Aid. The green raking of the Princeton Review is the media's attention.