FRANK ELTMAN, Associated PressCampus ClimateHofstra Pushes Front-line Learning with Presidential DebateHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of the student body, entered the lottery for only a few hundred tickets to witness the cycle’s first presidential debate, being held Monday night in […]September 25, 2016HBCUsSome Colleges say Hosting a Debate Worth $5M CostHEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Democracy doesn’t come cheap. Between the logistics of accommodating an estimated 2,500 news reporters and arranging security for VIPs, the cost of hosting a presidential debate now tops $5 million. But that price tag has not deterred New York’s Hofstra University. The Long Island school is hosting a presidential debate for the […]August 1, 2016StudentsFood Pantries on the Rise at U.S. College CampusesStony Brook University’s new food pantry is one of dozens cropping up at colleges as many students struggle with the soaring cost of getting an education.March 19, 2014StudentsN.Y. Prosecutor: Better SAT Exam Security is NeededThe administrators of college entrance exams should make immediate security changes to stop cheating, said the prosecutor who has accused a college student of using a fake ID to take exams for six of his buddies, one of them a girl.September 29, 2011HomeInauguration Is Lesson Plan at Obama ElementarySome schoolchildren stood and recited the oath along with the new president. Others shouted “Amen” at the end of the invocation.January 22, 2009Page 1 of 1