Small towns across the country are dying off, and college students are partly to blame.

It's called the "rural brain drain," where college-educated young people leave their small towns and head toward urban areas. This is issue is most prevalent in Midwest and Great Plains states, as U.S. Department of...

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Anthony Bertolone, a Drake University student accused of sexually assaulting a fraternity brother in August, has been accused by another student of a new sexual assault.

According to Des Moines news network KCCI, Bertolone was at an off-campus, late-night party on Nov....

Drake University officials are receiving poor grades today from the advertising world after its new "D+" marketing campaign was highlighted by the advertising blog AdFreak this morning.

The AdFreak blog post -- entitled "Drake University's ad campaign gets big D+" -- describes Drake officials "feverishly scrambling" to explain...

A Drake University student has been charged with sexually assaulting a fraternity brother, according to a Des Moines police report.

Drake senior Anthony Bertolone, 21, is being charged with third-degree sex abuse for performing sexual acts on a 20-year-old Sigma Chi fraternity brother while he was unconscious....

Informal political education is on the rise, so it seems. From Glenn Beck University lectures on forgotten religious influences in America's founding, to Dream University's demonstrations for immigrants' rights, non-academics are trying to lead the charge in political action before November's contentious midterm elections.

I'm constantly reminded, whether it be through the media or through people I know, that newspapers might soon die out -- a daunting statement for any journalism student who will spend over $100,000 on his or her education.

My college courses have been filled with new techniques and technologies that...