Undergraduates 'being spoon fed'
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University students are more demanding of academic staff than previous generations, lecturers say.
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Mealy apples, boxed mashed potatoes, frozen veggie mixes and suspicious meats drive many a college student to the cereal and bagel bins. But dining halls from Bates College in Maine to the University of California at Santa Cruz are improving their food and helping their local agricultural economies by going straight to the farm.
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Schools are pushing healthier menus, eliminating trans fats, white bread and sugary drinks, while trying to keep students happy.
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Food is another divide between parents and sitters.
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Can British school children be convinced to dump their burgers in favour of more wholesome traditional foods their grandparents ate?
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Figures taking pupils' socio-economic backgrounds into consideration are misleading, say researchers
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College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.
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The key to widening access to university is to persuade more teenagers to stay on, university leaders say.
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The proportion of UK undergraduates from state schools has risen, official figures show.
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By Adam Smeltz, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Sep.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker considers the issue of school admissions.
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There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university.
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When some students set out to learn about nutrition, the lessons hit closer to home than many of them expected.
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Earlier this month, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a troubling report underscoring what we all know: Not only are adults struggling with overeating and inactivity, but our kids are, too.
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Children who gorge and are significantly overweight are at risk of developing the eating disorder bulimia later in life, British scientists have found.
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NEW YORK  - Young adults who frequently make their own meals have much healthier diets than their peers who never set foot in the kitchen, a new study shows.
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Mike Baker wonders if the reaction to the "McDonald's A-level" might deter workplace learners.