College
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Overqualified college graduates still facing tough job market
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A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills and knowledge.
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ACT College closes three Virginia campuses
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The ACT Manassas campus is closing, along with locations in Arlington and Alexandria. A letter on the door blames the shutdown on the Department of Education cutting financial assistance.
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Carry and conceal for Virginia professors up for Senate debate
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The Virginia State House is considering a bill that would allow college professors to carry guns on campus.
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Fairfax students learn about dangers of college drinking
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Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Morrogh and Police Chief David Rohrer will be joined by others, including an emergency-room doctor and the father of a student who died after drinking at a college party.
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Colleges and suicide threats: when to call home?
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The issue of when colleges should notify parents their adult children may be suicidal remains fraught with legal, medical and ethical dilemmas.
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Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine on leave after molestation inquiry
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Longtime Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine was placed on administrative leave after old child molesting allegations resurfaced, just two weeks after a child sex abuse scandal rocked Penn State.
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Job fair canceled after fight breaks out
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Students at a job fair at the Washington Convention Center were forced to leave after a brawl broke out.
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Elizabeth Snyder, college professor, asks student not to speak in class
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Elizabeth Snyder, a professor at a community college in New Jersey, is under fire after telling a student not to speak during class because his stuttering "infringed on other students time."
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Hearing set on law to protect students from college recruitment practices
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A Maryland Senate subcommittee is holding a hearing to discuss legislation that passed this year to regulate for-profit colleges.
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University of Northern Virginia chancellor David Lee's sex-slave dungeon
The head of the University of Northern Virginia already has enough trouble to deal with, what with last week's federal raid and the withdrawal of the for-profit college's right to admit foreign students. Today things got much worse, as the news broke that Chancellor David Lee has a sex dungeon in the basement of his suburban home and that has been trolling the Internet for women "with slave tendencies."
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Report: Va. undergrads to pay 7.9 percent more
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A new report says undergraduates at Virginia's public colleges will pay an average of 7.9 percent more this year in tuition and mandatory fees.
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Virginia Private College Week begins
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Students who visit at least three Virginia's private colleges and universities this week can save on application fees.
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D.C. posse foundation sends students to college with support network
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One local organization not only helps students get into and pay for college, but also makes sure they graduate by sending them off with a posse of fellow students.
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Harris' Heroes: Victoria Davis wins college scholarship
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A D.C. high school graduate is on her way to college after hitting all the right notes during a local talent competition.
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Military Bowl pumped $18M into region
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A new report says the annual college football bowl game played in Washington helped pump nearly $18 million into the region last year.
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Voters may get to decide on Maryland Dream Act
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Md. voters might get the final say on whether illegal immigrants who have graduated high school and paid taxes would receive in-state tuition. Opponents say they have collected part of the signatures required to put the issue on the ballot.
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Graduates face job market, debt
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With their diploma, this year’s graduates are also getting an average debt of $27,000 and a look at slim job prospects.
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O'Malley signs immigrant tuition bill
Going to college in Maryland will now become easier for immigrants who meet certain conditions.
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