Parents are assuming they will receive scholarships for their gifted children. 92% of them overestimate how much they will get. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Never mind that TV show that asks if you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Is your memory better than a young chimp's? picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

A young college student gets his chance to be at a local news sports desk, and unfortunately, fails miserably.
Interview with him here. picked by picklebob12 5 months ago

Times are tough. Everything costs more — college, gas, groceries, plane tickets home. And with the economy in a slump, part-time student-friendly jobs can be hard to come by. Those offers for credit cards and student loans might look really tempting right now, when you’re short on cash. But before you start racking up debt, which could end up costing you thousands of dollars in inter... read full post picked by 1krazykorean 3 months ago

UC Riverside is using a cockroach petting zoo to attract students and parents to an upcoming recruitment fair. The zoo will include several species, including cockroaches that emit a foul, ammonia-like scent and the famous, palm-sized Madagascar hissing cockroach. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

A popular "brewing science" course at Halifax's University of King's College will trace the history of beer and include field trips to area breweries. Mmm, breweries... picked by mitzuzake 8 months ago

The spectator said he was passing along a confession from a Dartmouth graduate whose only caveat was anonymity. While a student in the early 1960s, the man revealed he had stolen a cannon and ammunition carriage from the Vermont Veterans Home in Bennington, Vt., and transported it back to Dartmouth as a college prank. picked by dollyllama 5 months ago

Which celebrity roomed with Al Gore in college? Who is a seminary drop-out (hint: his name rhymes with Bomb Bruise)? Oh, the irony. picked by bluenutria 1 year ago

Gimmee the rock, man. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Moments later, Angelina Jolie files to adopt Newman. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

A 19-year-old suburban Detroit resident is on track to graduate from The University of Michigan after just a year of study. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

and if those aren't strange enough I present Scrotie(NSFW PIC) and the EvergreenGeoduck pronounced gooey duck. which kind looks like scrotie coming out of a clam. picked by NESBYNICCOLO 1 year ago

The private college said it has offset emissions of 2,488 tons over the past 15 months by investing in a greenhouse gas reduction project in Oregon. The cost: about $25,000. picked by mandolinorange 9 months ago

At Palm Beach Atlantic University you can keep up with your current events just by using the bathroom. Blue newsletters called Stalltalk have been installed in the bathrooms to keep students in the know. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

First-year students whose roommates brought a video game player to college studied 40 minutes less each day on average. Those 40 minutes of lost study time translated into first-semester grades that were 0.241 points lower on the 4.0 grade scale. picked by punthe 12 months ago

Sex is not as fulfilling for college women as it is for their male counterparts. picked by Proverb 10 months ago

I'm not sure if this story is known to many people yet, but I was actually in that bar that night when this happened. One of the craziest things I've ever seen picked by carguy4life 2 months ago

"We are looking for uniquely bad design, terrible disrepair, horrible color schemes, ridiculously ugly bolted-down dorm furniture, and prison-like space considerations." picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

When a group of college kids get a little too drunk one day, and one of them, being a mechanical engineer major suggests a fantastic idea, after noticing the 1000ft roll of plastic laying around and the incline of the hill next to the frat house... picked by muppetmaker 8 months ago

Bathsheva Weinstein proves you're never too old to try anything. The 81-year-old woman graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a degree in history yesterday. She is FAU's oldest graduate. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago