College professors who want their students to be engaged and informed are turning to social networking sites to stay connected. "I find it's easier for me to distribute the information where they are. And where they are is Facebook," said Rebecca Wood, a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Wood is UNLV's prelaw adviser and counsels students ...

Nov. 2--Mental-health counselors at La Salle University were feeling overwhelmed, their appointment books packed with students in need of help, seemingly more so than ever. Counseling director Suzanne Boyll ran numbers last week and confirmed her suspicion. They were busier. As of Oct. 16, the number of counseling sessions had spiked 48 percent to 204, up from 137 the same time ...

PRINCETON, N.J.- The state of sexual health information and resources at major American colleges and universities was revealed today with the release of the 2009 Trojan® Sexual Health Report Card. The yearly ranking, which measures access and availability of sexual health information and resources across 141 colleges and universities, rates the University of South Carolina number one in making such information ...

Oct. 25--APTOS -- Community college students are working too much and know too little about financial aid to earn a degree or transfer to a four-year school as quickly as they might hope, according to a report released this week. A survey of more than 2,600 community college students online and at campuses, including Cabrillo College, found that about half of ...