Academic

85% of New College Grads Move Back in With Mom and Dad
Time, Survey: 85% of New College Grads Move Back in with Mom and Dad: Thanks to a high unemployment rate for new grads, many of those with diplomas fresh off the press are making a return to Mom and Dad's place...

Surprise Surprise New College Grads Not Doing Well In This Economy
Many With New College Degree Find Job Market Humbling is an interesting May 18, 2011 New York Times article. It documents something we all know. The job market is bleak for new college grads with about only 50% of them...

Hiring for college grads down 22% - worse on the coasts
This report comes to us from the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The parts of the country reporting the worst numbers are the Northeast - where hiring of college grads is projected to be down 38...

Graduating from College
Wisdom from President (and Chief Justice) William Howard Taft: Some men are graduated from college cum laude, some are graduated summa cum laude, and some are graduated mirabile dictu...

85% of College Grads Move Back Into Their Parents' Home
CNN Money, Boomerang Kids: 85% of College Grads Move Home: Getting a degree used to be a stepping stone to limitless career opportunities. Now it's more of a hiatus from living under your parents' roof...

Cory Booker to Law Grads: Celebrate the Recessions Opportunities!
Newark mayor Cory Booker last night dispensed some advice to, well, a fairly narrow group of people: those law students who have recently graduated from law school and who have jobs at big firms, but whose start dates have been deferred and will instead do stints at public-interest organizations...

Stock Market Losses
alleging bad financial advice and conflicts of interest.

Alta College
Settles False Claims Allegatiions for $7 Million

Music Teacher
College of the Desert agrees to $660,000 discrimination and retaliation settlement.

School Misrepresentation
Lehigh Valley College agrees to pay $200,000 settlement for violating consumer protection laws.

NCAA and Ticketmaster
alleging they have a monopoly on college sports events and charge non-refundable fees to enter a lottery for the rights to purchase tickets to the sporting events.