From the day in 1983 when he graduated cum laude from Baylor University, Tim Smith fit the profile of a star alumnus. He went on to earn an M.B.A. at Harvard and to lead an information technology company with ... Read more
“I wonder if Princeton should be poorer.” If you’re a high school senior trying to seduce the admissions officer reading your application essay, this may not strike you as the ... Read more
“I wonder if Princeton should be poorer.” If you’re a high school senior trying to seduce the admissions officer reading your application essay, this may not strike you as the ... Read more
Charles Steger, the Virginia Tech University president who led the college during the 2007 mass shooting, this week announced plans to retire as soon as a successor is found. Dr. Steger, 65, has had ... Read more
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The visitor to Haskell Indian Nations University detailed his roaring 20s: drug addict, garbage collector, suicidal burnout once told by a doctor that he was mentally retarded. It was a ... Read more
Since Peter Cooper’s heirs gave the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art the land under the Chrysler Building in 1902, the school’s endowment has enabled it to offer students a ... Read more
BEIJING — The mysterious illness began with crippling stomach pain, followed by blurry vision and sudden hair loss. By the time Zhu Ling, a talented musician and chemistry student at one of China’s ... Read more
After lagging behind other Americans in education for generations, Latinos have significantly narrowed the gap, and last year they passed a milestone, with new Hispanic high school graduates more likely than ... Read more
ANAHEIM, Calif. — As the Supreme Court weighs a case that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, California offers one glimpse of a future without it. ... Read more
Dr. Christian de Duve, a Belgian biochemist whose discoveries about the internal workings of cells shed light on genetic disorders like Tay-Sachs disease and earned him a Nobel Prize in 1974, died at his home ... Read more