Vanderbilt University

I've been thinking a lot about college lately. You see, one of my more time-consuming tasks is to write college recommendation letters. It's an occupational hazard from extended time in the state legislature, Congress and the governorship. But it's one...

Eddie Lovelace's symptoms were subtle at first, almost imperceptible -- a headache now and then, a little dizzinessin the first week of September. A healthy 78-year-old circuit court judge in Albany, Kentucky, Lovelace didn't want to go to the doctor,...

Unemployment is mired at 9%, and President Obama's poll ratings are mired too. Democrats are dispirited. Republicans are fired up and ready to go. Activists on both the right and the left are demanding change. So is there any way Obama can win reelection...

The Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of their...

An expert in gifted education on Tuesday refuted previous testimony that Elgin-based School District U-46’s programs discriminated against minority students. Carolyn Callahan, a University of …...

Educators William and Joyce Fraccaro and neurologist Richard Nyako are recognized for ‘paying it forward’ through their professional and philanthropic work Elmhurst College has awarded …...

U.S.News & World Report released its annual list of top graduate schools this morning and a number of Florida programs earned a spot within the 2013 national rankings. University of Florida's School of Education, for example, ranks 34th in the country &#...

Up in Tennessee they just can't leave it alone. “It” being the state's trademark association with a debate over how man came to be – evolution or creation.     You know, the old monkey debate. The Scopes trial of the 1920s that found ...

Naperville District 203 officials are looking for answers after a “significant drop” in test scores for black students at the district's two high schools. School …...

A recent study suggests that kindergarten teachers spend too much time teaching students skills they already know. Specifically, teachers reported spending as much as 13 days a month on counting and basic shapes, even though 95 percent of children can...

The lawyer picked Thursday to succeed Patrick Fitzgerald as Chicago's U.S. attorney is a former federal prosecutor best known for taking on corrupt politicians and powerful institutions such as the University of Notre Dame. Zachary Fardon would take...

Growing up with a severely disabled brother, Abby Brown felt less like a sister than like a "third parent." Nigel, two years her junior, was born with a rare disease called linear sebaceous nevus syndrome that left him non-verbal and needing assistance to...