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Private student loans sow seeds may haunt students, US economy for years
The near doubling in the cost of a college degree the past decade has produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that could haunt the U.S. economy for years.
October 1, 2007
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From yoga to opera, fraternities cultivating a new image
COLUMBIA Mo. The basement of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at the University of Missouri-Columbia is filled with familiar fraternity icons, from its well-worn pool table to the stacks of “Kill Bill,” “Gladiator,” and other super-violent movies on DVD. The smell of stale beer is unmistakable.
October 1, 2007
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Grambling Investigating Pictures of Noose Lesson
GRAMBLING, La. The Grambling State University president is investigating a case in which adults at the university-run elementary school on campus put a noose around at least one child’s neck and the school newspaper’s publication of photographs of it.
September 30, 2007
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Question Regarding Student Drug Use Returns in FAFSA Debate
Opponents say the provision disproportionately affects low-income, minority students.
September 29, 2007
Students
Getting to Know Melody Rodriguez
When Melody Rodriguez came to the United States from Merida, Venezuela, at the age of 17, she didn’t know she would work in higher education.
September 27, 2007
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New Graduates Crushed By Student Loan Debt, Study Says
New graduates are leaving college with more debt, but their starting salaries at new jobs are not keeping pace with their debt, a new study by the Project on Student Debt indicates.
September 25, 2007
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Iowa legislator calls for limits to campus credit card offers
DES MOINES Iowa An Iowa City legislator called for restrictions on credit card marketing to students at Iowa’s public universities, and the head of the state Board of Regents said the group may seek more information about confidential deals with alumni organizations.
September 24, 2007
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Student reports armed man at Southern New Hampshire University
HOOKSETT N.H. Students and parents on Monday questioned why Southern New Hampshire University did not go into lockdown Sunday night when a student reported seeing a man with a gun on campus.
September 24, 2007
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Student Charged in Delaware State Shooting
DOVER Del. Police arrested an 18-year-old man in the shooting of two students at Delaware State University, authorities said Monday. As they led him into a courthouse, he told reporters: “I’m sorry.”
September 23, 2007
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Report says UMDNJ dean in Camden changed grades
TRENTON N.J. The former top administrator of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Camden medical school gave passing grades to unqualified students, potentially endangering their innocent patients, according to a federal monitor’s report.
September 23, 2007
Students
Stingier job market awaits new law school grads
A law degree isn’t necessarily a license to print money these days.
September 23, 2007
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Colo. State U. paper’s student editor says he won’t quit over Bush editorial obscenity
The editor of the Colorado State University newspaper says he has no plans to resign amid criticism about an obscenity used in an editorial about President Bush.
September 23, 2007
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HCCC passes enrollment milestone
Hudson County Community College broke the 7,000 student barrier this September, creeping past this historic milestone by 19 students, officials announced this week.
September 23, 2007
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Del. State campus shooting victim didn’t know who fired at him, mother says
DOVER Del. One of the two students wounded in a shooting on the Delaware State University campus doesn’t know who the gunman was or what triggered the attack, his mother says.
September 23, 2007
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Virginia Tech Inspires Delaware State Response
DOVER, Del. Alex Bishoff heard five gunshots from inside his dorm room at Delaware State University and looked out his window to see people scattering. He immediately thought of the Virginia Tech shootings in April.
September 23, 2007
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Accreditation Reform Focus of Forum
A forum on accreditation Friday in Washington, D.C., drew calls for changes in the current system as well as a need to focus on larger issues such as college affordability for low-income students and more accountability for institutions.
September 23, 2007
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West Kentucky University officials say protest won’t sway university’s no-gun policy
BOWLING GREEN Ky. A group of Western Kentucky University students are planning a protest next month to decry a campus policy banning guns.
September 22, 2007
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Police: Student jumps from roof of NYU residence hall
NEW YORK A college freshman jumped to his death from a dormitory roof at New York University, where a series of student suicides several years ago spurred such measures as blocking access to balconies, authorities said.
September 22, 2007
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