College

Some people count sheep when they can’t fall sleep. Others apparently build snowmen – dozens of them.

Angela Davis, an activist who gained notoriety in the 1960s and 70s while working with the Communist Party USA and the Black Panther Party and whose involvement in the armed takeover of a California courtroom resulted in four deaths, will be a featured speaker next week at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event.

Eleven former junior college football players are suing Maricopa County Community Colleges in federal court, alleging that racial discrimination was behind the shuttering of the schools' football programs last year.

The Department of Defense gave the University of Arizona Orthopaedic Research lab a $2 million grant.

Fixing what ails college sports will improve the bond of trust between universities and the American public.

A predominantly Latina sorority says it was wrongly punished for hazing by the University of Virginia after requiring its members to study 25 hours a week.

The importance of taking accusations of sexual assault seriously must be balanced with a presumption of innocence for the accused. It is precisely that balance that the U.S. Department of Education was aiming for when it recently proposed rules, under its Title IX authority, governing how institutions of higher education and K-12 schools handle students' accusations of sexual misconduct. 

A Harvard student who became the first "Dreamer" to receive a Rhodes scholarship in November says the joy of the achievement has given way to uncertainty.

A sorority chapter at a Virginia university is under review after allegations that members engaged in racist behavior.

A Chicago-area for-profit college has agreed to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and forego collecting about $493 million in student debt owed by 179,529 students.