INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Some teenagers skip class to smoke a cigarette. Others play hooky as an act of rebellion. But science fiction author Jim Butcher of Independence used to skip out at Truman High ...

Ah, high school. It was the best of times, and the worst of times, but either way, it was also a time when absolutely everything seemed hugely important. Most people have skipped class a few times, so ...

A flu bug has swept through campus recently, making many classrooms an exhibition of coughing, sneezing and sniffling. Sadly, many professors impose strict absence policies that only reinforce the ...

Every fall, college students return to campus, accompanied by the unmistakable sounds of sniffles, coughs and congested voices. The seasonal epidemic, often referred to as the “frat flu,” spreads like ...

Students skipped classes, left their T.A. duties and traveled for hours Wednesday morning, hoping for the opportunity to speak to an employer on the second day of the Cornell Career Fair. At the ...

MEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the same thing every day,” said ...