LISA RATHKE, Associated Press

University of Vermont Enshrines Healthy Living in Bricks and Mortar

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Pledges by college students to eschew drugs and alcohol are old hat. Now they’re meditating, working out, practicing yoga, eating healthfully, and at least one school, the University of Vermont, it has become a bona fide lifestyle. In UVM’s Wellness Environment, known as WE, students live in a new, big substance-free dorm, […]

October 10, 2017

Author: Sanction College Students Who Shouted Down My Speech

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — An author of a book discussing racial differences in intelligence who was shouted down by protesters at Middlebury College when he gave a guest lecture and was confronted by some of them afterward says he wants the college to sanction those involved. Charles Murray, who describes himself as a libertarian and social […]

March 7, 2017

Students’ Jobs Pay Off Tuition at 7 Work Colleges

Students are required to work on campus as part of their studies ― doing everything from landscaping, growing and cooking food to public relations and feeding farm animals ― to pay off at least some of their tuition before they graduate.

March 31, 2014

Plan Expands College Classes For High Schoolers

Gov. Peter Shumlin has unveiled a plan to get more Vermont students into college and better prepared for jobs by expanding a program that allows them to take college-level courses in high school.

February 14, 2013

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