Read more university stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4298/university.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:58:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73629/quidditch-scores-big-on-college-campuses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeads up, NCAA: Quidditch has cast its spell on America's campuses. Technically known as Muggle Quidditch—due to the lack of actual flying brooms—the game looks like "a mixture between ultimate Frisbee and dodgeball," one player tells the Chicago Sun-Times . And if it sounds like a fringe sport, think...http://www.newser.com/story/73629/quidditch-scores-big-on-college-campuses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73068/college-bosses-earn-record-1m-pay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLean times can go to the back of the class when it comes to college presidents. A record 23 of them raked in more than $1 million last year, up from nine in 2007. Not so surprisingly, many of presidents reigned at institutions among the 58 which charged more than...http://www.newser.com/story/73068/college-bosses-earn-record-1m-pay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 5:14:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72222/pakistan-closes-all-schools-after-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan closed all of its schools today, following the twin suicide attacks on the International Islamic University in Islamabad yesterday. Four were killed and another 18 wounded, and the Taliban has promised more bombings if Pakistan doesn’t halt its military offensive in South Waziristan’s tribal areas. Pakistan’s interior minister said...http://www.newser.com/story/72222/pakistan-closes-all-schools-after-bombings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 10:10:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72128/suicide-attacks-kill-4-at-pakistani-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo suicide attackers bombed an Islamic university in the Pakistani capital today, killing four people and wounding 18 as the army pressed ahead with a critical offensive on a Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan, authorities said. The near simultaneous blasts hit a women's cafeteria and a faculty building at Islamabad's International...http://www.newser.com/story/72128/suicide-attacks-kill-4-at-pakistani-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:08:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72079/student-rape-murder-gang-shuts-iraq-u.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of Iraq's leading universities has been shut down while authorities attempt to purge it of a sectarian student gang accused of carrying out a campaign of murder and rape. Professors, administrators, and fellow students have been targeted by the Students League, a shadowy group of Shia students said to...http://www.newser.com/story/72079/student-rape-murder-gang-shuts-iraq-u.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 2:31:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71359/asia-uk-challenge-us-supremacy-in-higher-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe United States is home to more top-level universities than any other country in the world, this year’s survey by Times Higher Education confirms, but its advantage may not last forever. Although 54 of the top 200 schools are in the US, Asia is making remarkable progress: Japan has 11...http://www.newser.com/story/71359/asia-uk-challenge-us-supremacy-in-higher-ed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 18:36:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71313/education-cuts-will-stunt-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEducation has been the most important component of America's economic success over the past 150 years, writes Paul Krugman—that is public education. But after 30 years of Reaganite opposition to public spending, we've seen a "slow-motion erosion" of America's educational standing, until what we think is the "the great...http://www.newser.com/story/71313/education-cuts-will-stunt-economy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 9:03:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71307/ucla-reeling-after-lab-students-throat-slashed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUCLA students were shaken yesterday after a 20-year-old man slashed the throat of a classmate in a chemistry lab in front of others. The pair, believed to have been lab partners, had a verbal altercation before the man attacked the woman and walked calmly away as a teaching assistant rushed...http://www.newser.com/story/71307/ucla-reeling-after-lab-students-throat-slashed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 4:53:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69388/colleges-ditch-trays-students-learn-to-juggle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCollege students may feel they’ve added juggling to their courseloads as the trayless cafeteria trend picks up steam, the Los Angeles Times reports. The increasingly popular measure, meant to save water and electricity, often meets with a sort of grudging acquiescence. “It's definitely difficult and a little bit inconvenient,” says...http://www.newser.com/story/69388/colleges-ditch-trays-students-learn-to-juggle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 15:55:38 CDT