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The new chancellor of North Dakota's university system has ordered Williston State College to stop housing foreign workers at the school as part of a program meant to fill temporary jobs.

Yale University is requiring students to inform the school in advance of any off-campus party that involves more than 50 people.

It’s been rumored for months that the University of North Texas has wanted to remove the historic cartouche from the former Titche-Goettinger Building that faces Main Street Garden; maybe you recall, we hinted at its imminent demise as recently as late May. Well, to quote The New Year: The end’s not near. It’s here.

The UW is spending about $200 million to build new residence halls and apartments, with an eye to getting more students to live on campus.

Partnering with a business helped Montgomery County Community College open its new University Center in Pottstown earlier this month.

State Rep. Charlie Brown, D-Gary, is asking Indiana’s inspector general to examine whether Gov. Mitch Daniels has violated state ethics laws as he prepares to take over as Purdue University’s president.

The full UC board is expected to approve the project in the heart of the UCLA campus Thursday. But nearby hoteliers and Westwood activists still oppose it.

If necessary, Ball State University will exercise its eminent domain power to seize a building housing a copy center/printing business on which it plans to build a $25-million hotel, conference center, restaurants and dormitory for hospitality and food management students.

For incoming freshmen, summer orientation used to be focused on meeting roommates, buying books and finding the way to the dining hall.

Johns Hopkins University students are brainy about many things. University officials are the first to admit that walking isn't one of them.