Bruce Alpert

Urban Farms Provide Fresh Produce for City Residents

New York City provides $500,000 to create two urban farms using space in public housing developments

Half of US, Japan Teens ‘Addicted’ to Smartphones

USC report finds 50 percent of American teenagers and 45 percent of Japanese teens feel addicted to their mobile phones

Teens in US and Japan Admit to Phone Addiction

But parents say they, too, are a little too close to their devices

How Important Is Declaring a College Major?

Study shows that most students don't end up where they started off

Website Organizes College Application Chaos

Education groups create timeline to help students successfully manage process

Education Secretary Reviewing Sexual Assault Policies

Older Republicans Say College Has Negative Impact on US

Colleges Hurt America, Republicans Say in Poll

A majority of Republican and Republican-leaning adults say colleges and universities are having a negative effect on the United States

Sleep Experts' Advice to Students About Cramming - Go to Bed

Students Will Make $500K More In a Lifetime Doing This

Grads Earn Dual Degrees from US, China Schools in Four Years

Muslim Fraternities Finding Place on US Campuses

Alpha Lambda Mu, a fraternity founded in 2013, is active at seven U.S. universities

California to Limit Foreign University Students

State will limit number of admissions for non-residents, both Americans from other parts of US and foreign nationals, beginning later this year

Facebook Full of Fake News, Say Young Users

The Most Painful Words of the Admissions Season

Report: Fewer International Students Applying to US Colleges

Forty percent of American institutions of higher learning report a decrease in foreign applicants for next year

Students Wrongly Accepted to Ivy League School

What America’s ‘Separation of Powers’ Is All About

US Constitution sets up three separate but equal branches of government

Harvard, Yale Dominate US Supreme Court

There are more than 200 US law schools but only 2 are heavily represented on nation's highest court

Smoking to be Banned on Some US College Campuses, Public Housing

Move follows approval of state laws banning smoking at most workplaces