Anything but studying
Inside Higher Ed (2/09/10)
The latest snapshot of how University of California students spend their time suggests sleep and socializing were far more important than classes and studying to the average undergraduate there. But that was two years ago, before institutions and families plunged into economic turmoil, and things may have changed.

U.S. colleges court Hispanic families using espanol
USA Today (2/08/10)
For some Hispanic students, navigating the college application process can be a double-whammy: Balancing high school coursework with essays and interviews, and then translating the whole system for their parents, who don't speak English.

College endowment funds shrank across U.S., including at MU and KU
Kansas City Star (2/08/10)
American universities always have been divided between the "haves" and "have-nots" when it comes to endowments. Now, in this economy, we see the "losts" and "lost-mores."

For students at risk, early college proves a draw
New York Times (2/07/10)
Until recently, most programs like this were aimed at affluent, overachieving students — a way to keep them challenged and give them a head start on college work. But the goal is quite different at SandHoke, which enrolls only students whose parents do not have college degrees.

In Virginia

State may tap student fees
Roanoke Times (2/09/10)
Virginia college and university students may have to pay more than tuition increases to help balance the state's budget. A little-known provision in former Gov. Tim Kaine's final budget bill currently working its way through the General Assembly proposes something unheard of in higher education: taking a portion of mandatory student fees paid to universities and depositing that money in the state's bank account.

Delegates table bills to cap out-of-state enrollment
The Virginian-Pilot (2/09/10)
Virginia state universities appear to be safe, for at least another year, from legislative attempts to limit the number of out-of-state students they can admit to their campuses. Four bills to cap out-of-state enrollment at state schools were tabled Monday in a House of Delegates subcommittee, meaning they are unlikely to advance in this session of the General Assembly.

VCU names new School of Business dean
Richmond Times-Dispatch (2/08/10)
An executive who most recently served as president of Disneyland Resort has been named dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, VCU announced today. Ed Grier takes office March 8.

UVa Law to argue case before U.S. Supreme Court
Daily Progress (2/08/10)
Kevin Abbott v. United States of America, the clinic’s fifth case in four years before the Supreme Court, focuses on part of the law regarding sentence enhancements in federal firearms cases.