Nearly a decade in the making, the new science building at Clayton State University in Georgia adds a much-needed 58,610 square feet of learning facilities to campus. The building nearly triples the school's lab space, creating more efficient facilities to accommodate increasing enrollment. CHALLENGE: Clayton State's enrollment has grown to more than 7,200 students from […]

While renovating the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, workers found a "chemical hearth" hidden behind the walls. It turned out to have been part of an early science classroom commissioned by university founder Thomas Jefferson. The room, likely sealed in the mid-1800s, survived a fire in 1895 that destroyed much of the building's interior. […]

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has been elected president of the 17-campus University of North Carolina system. Spellings is currently president of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. She served as secretary of education from 2005 to 2009, during which she led the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act and spearheaded […]

Student success is the number one goal at Columbia College Chicago. When an increasing number of students were delaying that success because of financial challenges, administrators took action. New this fall were automated payment plans that encourage students and their authorized users—usually parents—to spread out a semester's worth of tuition payments. Using plans from Nelnet […]