College
Non-EU students to face mandatory interviews at the British Embassies prior to visa approval
The British Government wants to decrease the number of students seeking a degree in their country. Over the coming year they are planning on interviewing between 10,000 and 14,000 students before granting them a student visa. United Kingdom’s Immigration...
A most unusual college: No textbooks and no lectures (video)
By Shant Shahrigian St. John's College looks like a typical American college. But what goes on inside its classrooms is unlike just about every other college in the United States. At this small institution, about 60 kilometers north of Washington, D...
Students barred for no mumps shots
More than 300 Maine college students who failed to get a new mumps shot were barred from classes, dorms and dining halls and face police escorts off campus. After two cases of the highly contagious virus were confirmed, the University of Southern...
Deadly date rapist accepts 5-year plea
A Missouri man accused of giving a college student a fatal dose of a date rape drug accepted a plea deal that will likely result in a 5-year prison sentence. If the case had gone to trial, defendant John Berger, 37, would have faced 20 years in federal...
College football games prime time to drink
U.S. college football games present students with regular opportunities to drink more -- especially high-profile games, a study found. The study, published in Addictive Behaviors, found students drink alcohol more on football game days than on well...
2 hazing defendants avoid trial
Two New Jersey college students charged with aggravated hazing were accepted Monday into a pre-trial intervention program. Both were officers of a fraternity at Rider University where an 18-year-old pledge went into a coma while binge drinking. Gary...
Some colleges impressed by menial work
The tradition of the summer job may be becoming passe, but having a summer job may enhance college admission prospects for U.S. students. Less than half of American teenagers ages 16 to 19 are working or looking for jobs, The Boston Globe reported...
