Founded in 1909, the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories have had an impact on thousands of University of Minnesota students and professors, but as the station celebrates its centennial, itâÄôs...

For the new Obama administration, whose claim to fame is change, one relationship - higher education and defense research - seems to be going in the same direction: closer together. An initiative created...

Students strapped for cash after graduation might find a solution from Minnesota âÄî unless the stateâÄôs budget problems get in the way first. Members of the Minnesota Public Interest...

For the first time in four years, the number of students taking the Graduate Record Examination has dropped. The Educational Testing Service , which administers the exam, expected 675,000 students to take...

Medical schools across the country are answering the Association of American Medical Colleges âÄô call for more doctors, according to a recent survey conducted by Kaplan Test Prep and Admission....

Mankato police put the kibosh on a back to school bash a few blocks from the Minnesota State University-Mankato campus last weekend and issued 127 underage consumption tickets. According to the Star Tribune,...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) âÄî While the Illinois Senate zeros in on Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a historic impeachment trial, other vital state issues are being shoved aside. There will be no discussion...

CHICAGO (AP) âÄî The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend loans to the factory so it could resolve the...

The Board of Regents will decide Friday whether to ask the Minnesota Legislature to take on a $61.3 million bonding request to fund capital projects at the University of Minnesota. The request is separate...

The U.S. Treasury faced criticism from student advocates last week when it released information that $200 billion of the federal bailout bill could be used to prop up lending companies, including those...