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Seeking Out Success
University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Shaun Harper expects his extensive research will create a new paradigm of how Black males adapt and succeed in college.
September 5, 2007
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Ambitious Agenda, Ticking Clock
Interest groups, students have lengthy wish list, but Congress may not tackle everything this fall.
September 5, 2007
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Seeking Out Success
University of Pennsylvania’s Dr. Shaun Harper expects his extensive research will create a new paradigm of how Black males adapt and succeed in college.
September 5, 2007
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Creativity in Its Most Pure Form
Annual workshop aims to convert writing from a solo endeavor to a communal experience.
September 5, 2007
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Governor Troubled That Virginia Tech Gunman’s Paper Wasn’t Shared
RICHMOND, Va. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said that he is troubled that Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho’s violent class essays, including one with a narrative similar to the massacre he carried out, were not widely shared with law enforcement and university officials.
August 30, 2007
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Tufts Dean Reverses Byline Requirement on Conservative Student Journal
MEDFORD, Mass. A Tufts University dean earlier this week reversed a campus board’s requirement that a student-run conservative journal include authors’ names with articles — a rule imposed after the magazine published an unbylined parody that many found racist.
August 29, 2007
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Justice Department Sides with Mormon Student Who Lost State-Funded Scholarship
CHARLESTON, W.Va. The U.S. Department of Justice is backing a Mormon student who lost his state-funded, merit-based scholarship because he left West Virginia University to serve a two-year church mission.
August 27, 2007
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Killings in Newark Challenge Delaware State “Family”
While law enforcement officials continue their investigations in the killing of three college students, the Delaware State University community is trying to cope with the loss of the victims as students return to the campus this week.
August 25, 2007
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Letters
A Proud Graduate As an alumnus of the Community College of the Air Force, I am very proud of the great milestone of 300,000 graduates (see “Establishing a Real-World Credential, June 28). I have visited several education centers during my career and found the staff knowledgeable, caring and dedicated to the mission of educating others. […]
August 22, 2007
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Asian and Pacific Islander Students in California Say ‘Count Us Correctly’
When Christine Santos arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles from Guam in the fall of 2004, she said she felt like a foreigner even though nearly 34 percent of new students at UCLA were Asian.
August 22, 2007
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NCAA Committee Addresses the Issue of Pregnancy in Student-Athletes
In July, the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics reviewed concerns about how female student-athletes are being treated if they become pregnant.
August 22, 2007
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Moving Forward
For some faculty displaced by Hurricane Katrina, relocating has been a mixed blessing, but others still long
August 22, 2007
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Challenging Issues for Academia
Disparities in achievement and educating for a diverse culture are the focus of new books by leading scholars in education.
August 22, 2007
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Virginia Tech Panel: Increase Security, Establish Team to Monitor Students Posing Threats
BLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia Tech’s internal review of the campus massacre that left 33 people dead recommended Wednesday more monitoring of troubled students, classroom locks and other security measures.
August 21, 2007
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Va. Tech Starts Semester With New Crisis
BLACKSBURG, Va. A Virginia Tech campus still reeling from the deaths of 32 people at the hands of a student gunman last spring began its fall semester Monday amid another tragedy: a carbon monoxide leak at an off-campus apartment left five roommates hospitalized, two in critical condition.
August 19, 2007
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Study: Overweight Kids Being Teased Out of an Education
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that obesity is linked to high absenteeism rates in school-aged children.
August 15, 2007
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WA class of 2007 does better than most other states on ACT
SEATTLE Despite all the hand wringing over student achievement, this year’s Washington high school graduates scored near the top of at least one national measure: the ACT college entrance exam.
August 15, 2007
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UNM suspends fraternity activities in wake of charges
ALBUQUERQUE The University of New Mexico has suspended activities at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after campus police arrested one of its members on suspicion of sexual assault.
August 15, 2007
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