Colleges & Universities

Operations

College runs alcohol pilot program at baseball games

One Texas college is running a pilot program, selling beer and wine at a number of home baseball games.

Operations

College food fees skyrocket

NPR reports high room and board expenses leave students paying about $24 a day for food on the cheapest meal plan – twice what the government says an average American spends.

Students at one Indiana college allege foodservice workers play favorites among students, giving some bigger portions than others.

The University of Utah has joined the Real Food Challenge, pledging to spend 20 percent of the school’s food budget on ‘real food’ over the next five years.

Here are four college-and-university feeding operations that each have diverted more than 10,000 pounds of food from landfills.

Sodexo announced it is increasing meal swipe prices by five-percent at one Hawaii university due to increases in electricity and other factors.

Memorial University officials say parents and students now perceive they are getting sub-standard service and quality on an ongoing basis.

The Princeton Review has announced the Top 50 green colleges.

The government report found that one in five foodservice and hotel employees had used illicit substances in the prior month.

The contractor and the University Dining Commission are collaborating on an initiative to rethink the college eating experience.

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