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Cops: Demonstrators arrested on campus

University of California Berkeley students protesting a 32 percent increase in student fees barricaded themselves Friday inside part of a campus building.

College campuses going tobacco-free

Kentucky's flagship public university gave the official heave-ho to tobacco on Thursday, touting the health benefits of a smoke-free policy covering all of its

Students protest fee hikes in Calif.

As protests resounded outside, the University of California Board of Regents approved a fee 32 percent fee increase for students attending the state's premier

USA Today tests Web edition at colleges

Penn State, Indiana and Missouri are the first schools to participate in a USA Today initiative meant to test how students respond to electronic versions of

'Posses' help students stay in college

The combination of monetary and social support is a model that experts say could help move the U.S. toward President Barack Obama's goal of having America lead

Gates Foundation helps charter schools

The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is offering $30 million to help charter schools in Houston get $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to build more schools.

Test scores for sale

A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.

New campaign for chocolate milk begins

The creators of the "Got Milk?" campaign are getting ready to make a big push to keep chocolate milk on kids' minds and on school lunch menus, a plan that has

E. coli concern in school lunches

The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.

Sex-toy study at Duke raises ire

A campus religious leader is unhappy about a study at Duke University that invites female students to attend parties where they can buy sex toys.

US Higher Ed. better than rankings show

The United States spends more money than any other country, and its elite institutions are the world's best. But overall the system is wasteful, fails too many

Obama offers cash for education reform

One year after his election, President Barack Obama is coaxing states across the country to rewrite education laws and cut deals with unions as they pursue his

Lessons in alternative medicine

The government has spent more than $22 million to help medical and nursing schools start teaching about alternative medicine — lesson plans that some critics

More millionaire college presidents

The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders will

State education standards set too low

Many states declare students to have grade-level mastery of reading and math when they do not, the Education Department reported Thursday.

Census report: college enrollment up

Some are there because of the recession, and others despite it. Regardless, more young Americans than ever are in college — especially community college,

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