With their endowments and contributions continuing to shrink in a sagging economy, the nation's private colleges and universities are raising tuition for the next academic year more sharply than in recent years, sometimes significantly so.
The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that Hope College police officers can be deputized by the local sheriff's department and have the authority to enforce the law both on and off the campus.
New York University and the union that represents teaching assistants there recently reached a contract settlement, the first ever for TA's at a private university.