Getting a high SAT score, earning a 4.0 GPA and running the student government just don’t seem to cut it anymore for college admissions officers. It turns out that hopeful high school seniors should also have parents with deep bank accounts.  

The Cornell Financial Aid office is celebrating a last-minute federal budget compromise reached on Friday, which largely spared student aid programs.

Members of the Cornell Organization for Labor Action travelled to The Ohio State University to oppose proposed changes to the state's public sector bargaining laws.

As Cornell's online degree program increases its enrollment numbers, experts consider web degrees impact on higher education.

Grad student Ben Koffel argues that a shop class should join PE among the ranks of the non-academic graduation requirements.

Once upon a time, a long time ago — before my ancestors were running away from Cossacks, people still wore togas and the only twittering and tweeting and twatting came from small annoying birds — higher education was only for wealthy white poobahs.

President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year, sent to Congress yesterday, contained several contentious reforms that pundits from both political parties agree will change the landscape of higher education in America. Students at Cornell and other wealthy universities will remain unaffected, however, according to Cornell’s Director of Financial Aid, Tom Keane.

The value of an intangible is always a difficult thing to calculate. Attempts can be, at times, rather controversial. An infamous example is that of the Ford Pinto. The Pinto was Ford's first attempt at a subcompact car in the United States and so was made with cost-cutting in mind. Unfortunately, in the process, the design for the car's fuel tank was a bit ... faulty. By faulty I mean, prone to explosion if the car were to be hit from the back.

The $819 billion economic stimulus plan passed yesterday in the House of Representatives would shower billions of dollars to a higher education sector that is in dire need of aid. The package, passed on a 244-188 vote, would boost Pell Grant to a historic high and introduce a new $2,500 tuition tax credit.

The House’s approval of the stimulus plan came a few days after Cornell announced a series of measures — including tuition increase, budget cuts and a hiring pause — to battle its 27-percent loss in its endowment and $6 million slash in state funding on Saturday.

President Barack Obama pledged to improve schools, colleges and universities to meet new technological standards and accessibility in his Inaugural address on Tuesday. This pledge, which upholds Obama’s promise during his campaign, marks a shift in funding for research, financial aid, college accessibility and preparedness.