College Student News and Radio

You can use the Radio Locator to find college student radio, much of which is now streamed on the internet.

UWire provides a good aggregator of college newspaper stories.

Recent Academics News from UWire

• Blogger fired for criticizing black studies students
  05/11/2012 (from UWire)
  Former Wall Street Journal editor Naomi Schaefer Riley was fired from the Chronicle of Higher Education on Monday, a week after she wrote a blog post criticizing the work of some doctoral candidates in Northwestern?s African American Studies department....
• As crunch time hits, some students turn to dangerous study drug
  05/02/2012 (from UWire)
  In preparation for finals, some students stock up on Red Bull. Others reload their Starbucks cards in anticipation of coffee-fueled nights. But for some students who sneak under the radar at Harvard, reading period entails a trip to the pharmacy or their entryway?s drug dealer....
• Editorial: No matter the medium, cheating still unethical
  04/30/2012 (from UWire)
  Odds are, we?ve all cheated, whether it?s handing down past exams or sharing information minutes before a quiz. Traditionally, we think of cheating as an information transaction from one person to another or a small group of people....
• Texting hinders learning, study shows
  04/10/2012 (from UWire)
  Boston U. senior Sana Ali said she usually pays attention in class, but she will text when she has the opportunity....
• Santorum takes aim at California?s college curriculum
  04/03/2012 (from UWire)
  Facts eluded presidential candidate Rick Santorum when he took aim at the history curriculums at California?s universities Monday....
• Leftism at U. California leads to skewed education, report claims
  04/03/2012 (from UWire)
  Liberal faculty and politically correct thinking at U. California has resulted in students receiving a decrepit and biased education, a report released this month by a conservative think tank claims....
• Studying before sleeping beneficial for recall, according to research
  04/03/2012 (from UWire)
  Sleep more, improve recollection. A new study from U. Notre Dame reached this conclusion after finding that going to sleep shortly after learning new information is most valuable for recalling the information in the future....
• Cuts to public higher education funnel students into for-profit colleges, raise financial concerns
  03/23/2012 (from UWire)
  As the state?s public institutions come under the knife, California?s for-profit colleges have thrived, enrolling more students and benefiting from lax regulation ? a trend that could place more students at financial risk....