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Find out which schools made US News & World Report's Top 25 ‘Best Colleges' for 2025
Several Illinois and midwestern colleges and universities landed in U.S. News & World Report’s newest ranking of “Best Colleges” for 2025, with many moving up spots on the prestigious list.
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Student in carving of racial slur on teammate's chest no longer enrolled at Gettysburg College
The unidentified student is accused of carving the epithet using a box cutter at an on-campus swim team gathering.
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Howard University named best HBCU in the United States
Howard University earned a high honor when Forbes named it the best HBCU in the country.
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This college has the highest-paid graduates—it's not Harvard, Princeton or any Ivy League school
People who received identical bachelor degrees in the same major earned vastly different salaries depending on which school they attended, Payscale reports.
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Women's college in Virginia bars transgender students based on founder's will from 1900
Sweet Briar College in Virginia has instituted an admissions policy that bars transgender women next school year.
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US colleges are cutting majors and slashing programs after years of putting it off
At St. Cloud State University in Minnesota, officials announced a plan to cut 42 degree programs and 50 minors, music among them. The move has created turmoil for students who chose the campus to study music.
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Howard University and 3 other HBCU medical schools to get $600M
Four historically Black medical schools, including Howard University, will receive a $600 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies, according to a press release on Tuesday. The four medical schools are Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Morehouse School of Medicine. The company will also provide seed funding to support the…
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Damages to college athletes to range from a few dollars to more than a million under settlement
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust settlement agreed to by the NCAA and five power conferences.
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Fraternity and sorority suspended as Dartmouth student's death investigated
Dartmouth College has suspended a fraternity and a sorority as the investigation continues into the death of a student whose body was found Sunday in the Connecticut River after a party nearby the night before, the school said. Won Jang, 20, of Middletown, Delaware, had been reported missing late Sunday afternoon after the gathering Saturday night, a Dartmouth official said….
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Most Johns Hopkins medical students will be tuition-free thanks to $1 billion gift
Starting in the fall, the gift will cover full tuition for medical students from families earning less than $300,000.
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How Girl Scouts Benefits Girls, from Well-being to College Admissions
The Girl Scouts organization fosters leadership skills, confidence, and overall well-being for girls.
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Virginia House repeals eligibility restrictions to veteran tuition benefits
Virginia’s House of Delegates has voted unanimously to restore free college tuition for families of veterans who were killed or seriously disabled while on active duty. The 92-0 vote Friday would repeal restrictions to the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program that had been placed in the state’s annual budget earlier this year. Military families complained about the restrictions...
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Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation helps support UVA student and other children of Marines
The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation supports children from Marine families with scholarships and other resources. University of Virginia student Adryanna Anez is a recent recipient of a $5,000 scholarship from the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation. News4’s Molette Green reports.
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Nonprofit hosts golf fundraiser to support HBCU scholarships
The Williams-Franklin Foundation will host their fourth annual golf tournament fundraiser in order to raise scholarship money for HBCU students. Co-founder Lashelle Franklin shares how her education at Howard University inspired her. News4’s Molette Green reports.
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Youngkin calls for repeal of change to veteran benefit
Virginia’s recently approved state budget changed a state program that pays in-state college tuition costs for spouses and children of servicemembers killed or severely disabled as a result of their duty. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains the military families say the changes are preventing some of them from receiving a promised benefit.
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UVA to pay $9M after campus shooting that killed 3 football players
The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players.
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From Seinfeld to Butker, commencement speaker appearances invite controversy
The raging war in Gaza and divisive social commentary have driven backlash at a growing number of college graduation ceremonies.
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California student was accepted to 122 colleges and received $5.3 million in scholarships
One Oakland high schooler is raking in the college acceptance letters and scholarships.
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Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld commencement amid wave of graduation anti-war protests
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld was met with a wave of boos Sunday when students at Duke University in North Carolina walked out just before his commencement speech, the latest in a wave of anti-war protests that took place at college graduations across the country this weekend.
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USC cancels commencement speakers amid criticism over decision to stop valedictorian's speech
The University of Southern California (USC) will not have commencement speakers at its upcoming ceremony after the institution canceled a speech from its pro-Palestinian valedictorian, the school announced Friday.