Posts From Matthew C. Keegan
NCAA Establishes LAX Tournament Field
Tweet When it comes to college sports, lacrosse probably doesn’t get the attention that it deserves. Football, basketball and even ice hockey, baseball, and soccer are considered more newsworthy, but
Plus 50 Initiative Reaches Out To Graying Students
Tweet Turning gray needn’t mean the end of learning. Thanks to an initiative developed for 15 colleges, baby boomers are being targeted as prospective students. Seed grants from the American
University Launches Online Two-Year College
Tweet Reaching out to new students is a practice universities have mastered, but Tiffin University is doing something no other school has tried: create an online college to woo students
Stanford Breaks Ground For New Med Facility
Tweet Stanford University will soon have a new education facility for their School of Medicine, thanks to a contribution from a long time benefactor, Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong. The
Are Some Commencement Speakers Too Controversial?
Tweet Over the coming weeks, colleges and universities across these fruited plains will be holding their commencement exercises. Guest speakers will take to the podium to extol the virtues of
Rutgers Expands Stadium Despite Funding Short Fall
Tweet Success on the gridiron hasn’t come often for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, despite having inaugurated college football there in 1869 when New Jersey’s now state university defeated Princeton, 6
California Students Protest Spending Cuts
Tweet This past Monday, approximately 2000 students protested across the state of California against Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s call for a 10% across-the-board reduction in state spending, an effort he says
The 19-Year-Old College Professor
Tweet Becoming a college professor is a difficult feat, one that can take a long time to reach, often many years after the candidate begins serving as an adjunct or
DeVry Says ‘No Problem’ With Student Loans
Tweet For-profit and independent colleges have been put through the wringer this year. On the one hand, competition for students is heating up as state financed and private universities battle
How Will You Spend Your Summer Break?
Tweet Over the next few weeks thousands of US colleges will ending their Spring semesters finishing up yet another school year. Many students are graduating and seeking their first jobs,
Time For Notre Dame To Get Real About Football
Tweet When it comes to college football history, few universities have the storied background of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. During the first half of the 20th century, and even