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Forbes College Rankings 2009 Released

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.

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University Of Helsinki Rediscovers Religious Roots of Europe

A new Master's Programme in the Faculty of Theology of the University of Helsinki will take students to other Nordic countries and to the Mediterranean area discovering the religious roots of Europe.

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The university of future

In a world where economies are increasingly dependent upon high-level knowledge, higher education is a key national resource. But a Forward Look initiated by the European Science Foundation (ESF) shows that we need to know more about how universities, and other higher education institutions, are changing in the 21st century.

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FAU Shooting Lock Down Boca Raton Campus

In the morning hours of of Wednesday while some students have been having a party a shooting happened in FAU, which caused to cancel all the classed in the Boca Raton Campus of Florida Atlantic University. Police said that the FAU shooting happened at 1:16 a.m. when a fight broke out at the University Village Apartments on campus.

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King’s College supports PM’s Anglosphere initiative

Professor Rick Trainor, Principal of King’s College London, has been invited by the Prime Minister to play a leading role in delivering high level US and UK university co-operation in his capacity as President of Universities UK.

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Toy Scare Temporarily Locks Down Alfred University

Police are on campus of Alfred University, investigating a report of a Caucasian male, possibly carrying a gun. He is described as wearing a green hoodie sweatshirt and carrying a back pack. More information will follow. 3:33 pm, Tuesday, April 8. The situation at Alfred University is solved now as it turned to be that the male used a toy to scare students.

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Steve Forbes To Speak at Philadelphia University's Mann Center

Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine, the nation's leading business magazine, will speak at Philadelphia University’s 124th Commencement Sunday, May 18 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts. At the ceremony, Forbes will be awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters.

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Universities Key Actors in the Global Economy

Strong universities will be essential to Quebec’s success in a globalized economy, McGill University Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum told Montreal’s Council on Foreign Relations Monday.

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Prime Minister Tony Blair to Teach at Yale

Yale University is pleased to announce the appointment of Prime Minister Tony Blair as the Howland Distinguished Fellow for the next academic year.

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Western Illinois University Postpones COEHS Tech Fest

Today's (March 26) ninth annual Tech Fest at Western Illinois University has been postponed, due to the heightened campus security.

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Western Illinois University Receives Shoot Threat on Campus

The Office of Public Safety (OPS) at Western Illinois University (WIU) and Macomb Police are investigating a threat regarding a shooting on university campus that was received at an off-campus apartment complex sometime overnight.

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UCLA Admissions Responds To Applicants' Timetable Request

When Will Applicants Receive Admissions Decisions?

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