Academic advising from afar
Inside Higher Ed (5/09/08)
It’s 3 a.m. on the East Coast. A student stationed abroad has just typed an e-mail to Michelle Reitze, a military academic adviser at the University of Maryland University College. She’s the primary long distance contact for hundreds of students and is used to receiving their pre-dawn questions.

Top colleges dig deeper in wait lists for students
New York Times (5/09/08)
In what may be a happy surprise for thousands of high school seniors, Harvard plans to offer admission to 150 to 175 students on its waiting list, and Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania each expect to take 90, creating ripples that will send other highly selective colleges deeper into their waiting lists as well.

Center, college students to push eco-friendly businesses in W.Va.
The Herald-Dispatch (5/09/08)
The nonprofit Center for Economic Options is teaming up with college students across the state to push West Virginia as a hub for environmentally sustainable businesses.

Commencement readers cram to prep for tongue-twister names
Associated Press (5/08/08)
A week from Saturday, 453 new graduates will cross the commencement stage on the lawn of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. Among them: Nokuthula Sikhethiwe Kitikiti, Udochukwu Chinyere Obodo, and Baitnairamdal Otgonshar.

In Virginia

Work on JMU tunnel under way
Richmond Times-Dispatch (5/09/08)
James Madison University pedestrians will soon be walking under Harrisonburg's Main Street via a tunnel whose construction started yesterday in front of the school's historic Quadrangle.

CVCC graduates move on
News & Advance (5/08/08)
Of the 452 graduates, 339 received associate degrees, 104 received certificates and nine graduates of Old Dominion University at CVCC received their respective bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

Congress weighs veterans’ adjustment aid
New York Times (5/07/08)
An emergency Pentagon spending measure scheduled to be considered by the House as early as Thursday would provide $720 million over two years to set up a program that would essentially underwrite a four-year public university education for anyone who has served on active duty for at least three years.

VMI's board approves tuition, fees increase
The Roanoke Times (5/06/08)
The Virginia Military Institute Board of Visitors voted Saturday to increase tuition and fees this fall by 5.2 percent for in-state residents and 5.9 percent for out-of-state residents at the Lexington college. Beginning in August, tuition and fees for in-state cadets will rise from $16,156 to $17,000, an increase of $844.