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Passersby exit an entrance to the main campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, May 31, 1998. The university's endowment of nearly $13 billion makes it the richest in the world and, if ranked against Fortune 500 companies it would be in the top 25 percent, The Boston Globe reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Patricia McDonnell)

Ivy League law students now too ‘traumatized’ over Ferguson to take exams

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Jackson State University Communications shows students participating in a nationwide Hands Up Walkout on the main campus, Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, in Jackson, Miss. Students protested the no-true bill handed down by a Ferguson, Mo., grand jury in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old teen, by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/Jackson State University Communications, Charles A. Smith)

Ferguson fever spreads as students nationwide walk out of classes in protest

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Harvard quarterback Conner Hempel (14) scrambles out of the pocket on a keeper during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Yale at Harvard Stadium Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014 in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard defeated Yale 31-24 to remain undefeated and win the Ivy League Championship. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Harvard wins 8th straight over Yale with last-minute TD

By Ken Powtak - Associated Press

Groups of incoming freshmen meet with each other and their orientation leader on the campus greens during American University's summer orientation session for incoming freshman in Washington, DC, on Monday, July 10, 2006. ( Katie Falkenberg / The Washington Times )

American University the latest to reject fossil-fuel divestment demand

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

College students and supporters hold up signs at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 2, 2013. In an effort to slow the pace of climate change, students at more than 200 colleges are asking their schools to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Fossil fuel divestment to fight climate change loses steam on college campuses

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2013, Kumamon, left, a popular black bear character from Japan, is hugged by Mariel Cerra, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in front of a statue of John Harvard on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., as the Kumamon character that originated in Japan's Kumamoto prefecture, or state, visited the university and Fenway Park in Boston on the day. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard takes No. 1 in list of best colleges of the world

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on 28 professors protest of Harvard's sexual relations policy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

R. EMMETT TYRRELL JR.: The Harvard 28 to the rescue on sexual harassment

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Johnna Harvard, the mother of a 5-year-old Alabama boy who was killed in April by a pit bull, says was terrorized by a different pit bull while visiting her son's gravesite on Sunday. (ABC 3340)

Mother of 5-year-old killed by dog terrorized by pit bull at son’s gravesite

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 6, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

55 US schools face federal sex assault probes

By KIMBERLY HEFLING - Associated Press

FILE - This April 10, 2014 file photo shows Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaking in New York. Fifty-five colleges and universities _ big and small, public and private _ are being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse complaints, the Education Department revealed Thursday. Duncan said there had been “lots of internal debate” about whether to release the list but that he believes in transparency; he said the more the country is talking about the problem of sexual assault, the better. Duncan said there is “absolutely zero presumption” of guilt in his mind for schools being investigated. (AP Photo/Michael Sisak, File)

55 US schools face federal sex assault probes

By KIMBERLY HEFLING - Associated Press

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