by Irma Voigt Senior Staff Writer A college fair held on the campus of Severeid University drew more than 100 colleges and universities hoping to put their marketing materials in the hands of prospective students. But no students attended the fair, according to organizers. "I'm just as surprised as anyone else," said Josie Bowers, Assistant [...]

  Breaking a sacred confidentiality vow, an employer at the recent American College Personnel Association placement conference “Career Central” accidentally slipped the real use of candidate portfolios. “A candidate brought a laptop with her to her interview so she could show me her e-portfolio,” explained the employer. “By the thirtieth page, I couldn’t hold back [...]

In response to a recent Inside Higher Ed article about American students’ expectation of receiving high grades for sub-par work, some for-profit universities see an opportunity to provide a higher level of customer service than their non-profit competitors. “We have designed a graduated tuition structure,” explained Dr. Robby Leach, president of Colton College, a new [...]

Grandfield University freshman Beverly Joinder filed a lawsuit against the school last week, claiming GU professors had failed to disclose all of the requirements of their classes. “I paid a lot of money for a GU degree,” said Joinder in her press conference. “That piece of paper is costing my family a ton, and now [...]

Miami University residents breathed a sigh of relief this week when a two-day manhunt revealed that missing student Brendan Schotz was not dead or abducted. “The kid doesn’t have a cell phone,” said local police chief Tyler Gomez-Hernandez. “His roommate alerted us when he didn’t receive any texts from his roomie after Brendan went home [...]

Elated by Tufts University’s announcement of a new policy forbidding students in college housing from having intercourse while a roommate is present, other institutions have followed suit by making rules that will protect the fragile millennial generation from having to deal with real-life conflicts. Most recent policies include: St. Libertine College has forbidden crunching potato [...]

As UCLA’s Undie Run, the seven-year tradition of stripping down and sprinting in bras and tighty whities, comes to an end, students are crying foul. “Colleges keep saying that students are adults, but they don’t treat us that way,” said one student leader. “We just want to run around in our underwear like real grown-ups. [...]

“It’s weird,” admitted LSU junior Jason Rammaport this week when it was revealed that his teachers could see him in their classrooms. “I honestly didn’t know,” he said. Many students shared Jason’s shock this week when final grades were released and not all students received perfect scores for class participation. “When I emailed my teacher about [...]