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During his time at Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr. made sure his entire family fed on the cash cow by putting his two sons and their wives on the payroll. He also transferred a large Liberty facility to his personal trainer and had a friend's construction company manage a university expansion project that cost hundreds of millions, according to Reuters.

Traditional back-to-school businesses are experiencing a shake-up as the nation transitions to the start of a new school year, according to Yelp’s recent economic report.

College students are creating new ways to make money like like Texas A&M sophomore Tamarek Sweat's custom clothing business, which services more than 30 universities.

Recently released emails that were uncovered amidst a lawsuit accusing Brown University of violating a 22-year-old agreement to provide gender equity in varsity sports in accordance with federal Title IX mandates, wrote about their hopes that they could kill the agreement altogether and called it a “pestilential thing.”

Liberty University owes Jerry Falwell Jr.

As universities continue to move to remote learning and students are asked to terminate residential housing plans, many Universities are scrambling to reconfigure a path forward in order to prevent major finanical losses and make students whole. 

More students are opting for public institutions closer to home, data shows.

A NASA researcher employed by Texas A&M University was taken into custody Sunday and charged with conspiracy, making false statements and wire fraud related to his ties with Chinese organizations.

In a financial breakdown shared in her GoFundMe, Vitoria Mario showed donors that the acquired funds would go to her accommodation, equipment and assorted living costs such as food, transport, gas, electricity and more.

Instagram has deleted an account that claimed to throw “COVID parties” at Arizona State University after the school sued Facebook and the owner of the account on Thursday on allegations that the account improperly used the school’s logos and trademarks.

As more universities abandon plans to reopen and decide instead to keep classes online this fall, it's leading to conflict between students who say they deserve tuition discounts and college leaders who insist remote learning is worth the full cost.

Some students are indicating that they want to be close to universities even if classes are remote due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to DMG Investments COO Jeff Amengual.

The NCAA lost $375 million in revenue after it canceled the men's and women's basketball tournaments earlier this year.

In anticipation for the mass exodus of students after the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced that all classes will be online, local businesses are preparing to take another hit while some are finding relief from overwhelmed capacity.

North Carolina's flagship university canceled in-person classes for undergraduates just a week into the fall semester Monday as college campuses around the U.S. scramble to deal with coronavirus clusters linked in some cases to student housing, off-campus parties and packed bars.

A Los Angeles financier who tipped off investigators to the college admissions scandal was sentenced to a year behind bars for a different scheme.

The group is led by Cory Booker and Richard Blumenthal.

Mikaela Sanford will plead guilty to charges in connection with allegations that she took online classes for students.

Young people armed with new degrees, diplomas and professional qualifications are struggling to enter the workforce as the pandemic pushes the global economy into recession.

Most people don't believe the virus will meaningfully affect education in the long run.