Colleges & Universities
Like Schools Across the Country, Yale Acquires More Acreage
Yale Purchases 136 Acres for Biology Facilities
Angela Januzzi
July 9, 2007
In order to acquire state-of-the-art science buildings at a lower cost, Yale is moving forward with its announced purchase of the 136-acre Bayer Healthcare Campus. Other schools across the country are also following the trend of local land purchasing, including Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia, but non-Ivy League state schools are also doing so.
Professor Strike Avoided in Pennsylvania State Schools
Pact Reached Between Union of Professors and Pennsylvania State Schools
Angela Januzzi
July 5, 2007
A tentative agreement was made this past Monday between Pennsylvania’s 5,500 professors and the state school system they had threatened to strike against. However, the agreement must be approved by the school system’s governing board and the union before it is enacted.
Student Loan Companies Battle Congress Bills
Bills To Slash Government Subsidies
Fought by Student Loan Companies
Angela Januzzi
June 27, 2007
The pair of bills approved last week by the Senate, which not only reauthorized the Higher Education Act but also cut a percentage of government subsidies for the federally guaranteed loan program, is being fought against by America’s Student Loan Providers.