Pittsburgh wants to tax one of its most abundant resources: students.

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As soon as the residence assignments are sent out, some college students are eager to feather their new dorm nest. But don't go overboard. An informal survey of some recent freshmen offers these tips on what's truly worth taking.

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As soon as the residence assignments are sent out, some college students are eager to feather their new dorm nest. But don't go overboard. An informal survey of some recent freshmen offers these tips on what's truly worth taking.

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The Kindle DX is not a rock star like its sibling, the Kindle 2. The DX is bigger, more expensive, and can be tedious to use.

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Foreign journalists were barred from Beijing's Tiananmen Square and Internet access was restricted on the eve of the 20th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on democracy protests.

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Chinese authorities blocked popular Web sites like Twitter and Flickr after forcing dissidents from Beijing in a clampdown ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.

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The oldest U.S. journalism school is asking students to buy the Apple iPhone or similar devices to download classroom lectures or confirm facts on the Web while reporting from the scene of a plane crash or town council meeting.

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The mayor of Providence wants to slap a $150-per-semester tax on the 25,000 full-time students at Brown University and three other private colleges in the city.

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Leaders of historically black colleges say they'll fight a reduction in a federal program they call a financial lifeline at a time of economic distress for the schools and their students.

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan was installed Wednesday as the leader of Roman Catholic New York, taking the most prominent American pulpit in the church during an elaborate ceremony.

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"Many students come in with the conviction that they've worked hard and deserve a higher mark," Professor Grossman said. "Some assert that they have never gotten a grade as low as this before." He attributes those complaints to his students' sense of entitlement.

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The nation's top colleges have gotten to be so expensive that only the wealthiest families can possibly afford them, especially during bleak economic times like these. Right? Not necessarily. A new report shows that such schools might not be as costly as you think.

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A homemade video of a crude protest against racial integration at a university has provoked soul-searching.

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The number of high school graduates is projected to start declining, which could make it easier to get into college.

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The transition from high school to college is not what it used to be, so schools are now promoting gap years more aggressively.

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Fresh off three big victories, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton planted her flag in the next battleground state, sending her daughter, Chelsea, there to speak to students.

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Horrified by recent campus shootings, a state lawmaker proposed that allowing adults to carry concealed weapons might deter future incidents.

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The University of Kentucky has been wrestling with a false e-mail rumor that says the college dropped a course on the Holocaust because of pressure from Muslims.

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Brown University is eliminating tuition for students whose parents earn less than $60,000, after decisions by fellow Ivy League universities to bolster financial aid as their endowments grow.

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The mortgage crisis has put "for sale" signs in front of houses across the country — including so-called McMansions — the large, expensive, often tasteless homes that have taken up so much suburban space over the last couple of decades.

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Coming of age online — 25 years ago — was more and less than a game.

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The intense debate over whether organizations for Muslim students should be inclusive or strict is playing out on college campuses across the United States.

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Politics has had a rough time getting a date on campus for the past few decades. But that was before the Great Election Hook-up of 2008, where young people not only engaged in the biggest news of the season, they made some.

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A professor at East Carolina University is trying to determine whether some video games can be good for you.

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Stephen Kazmierczak, who killed five at Northern Illinois University before turning the gun on himself, became erratic recently after he stopped taking medication, officials said.

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