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Many Texas Grads Not Ready for College, Panel Says
AUSTIN Texas high school graduates enter college far less ready for the harder course load than other students do, according to new research. The study shows nearly half of the state’s college freshmen take remedial classes, which includes 63 percent of college-bound Hispanics who qualify for remedial programs.
November 27, 2007
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Many Texas Grads Not Ready for College, Panel Says
AUSTIN Texas high school graduates enter college far less ready for the harder course load than other students do, according to new research. The study shows nearly half of the state’s college freshmen take remedial classes, which includes 63 percent of college-bound Hispanics who qualify for remedial programs.
November 27, 2007
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Best and Brightest: A Selfless Southern University Leader is Born
One of Carey Ash’s first acts as president of the Student Government Association at Southern University at Baton Rouge was to make sure students who couldn’t afford textbooks had access to them anyway. That meant giving up his own scholarship money to purchase the books.
November 26, 2007
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USD Newspaper Editor Files Complaint
VERMILLION S.D. The editor in chief of The Volante, the student newspaper at the University of South Dakota, has filed an open meetings complaint with the Clay County state’s attorney’s office.
November 20, 2007
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Student Group Wants More Guns on Campus
SAN MARCOS Texas Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns.
November 20, 2007
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WKU Fraternity Suspended for Hazing, Animal Cruelty Reinstated
BOWLING GREEN Ky. A fraternity at Western Kentucky University suspended for hazing and mistreating a goat has been reinstated.
November 20, 2007
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UC Santa Barbara Sigma Chi Fraternity Surrenders Charter After Hazing
SANTA BARBARA Calif. The Sigma Chi fraternity has surrendered its University of California, Santa Barbara, charter in wake of a hazing incident a year ago that led to criminal charges.
November 20, 2007
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In Brief: Schools Chief Tells Principals No Assemblies for Ethnic Groups
Complaints about a meeting to improve Black and Hispanic test scores leads to mandate to end assemblies for ethnic groups; the incidence of hate crimes rose 8 percent last year, according to FBI; Jackson State University student is missing.
November 20, 2007
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ND’s Two Largest Universities See Opposite Enrollment Trends
GRAND FORKS N.D. North Dakota’s two largest universities have seen enrollment trends in opposition directions over the past few years.
November 19, 2007
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Wesleyan to Offer Scholarships to Military Vets
MIDDLETOWN Conn. Wesleyan University, a liberal arts school known for its liberal student body, plans to offer up to 10 new scholarships to military veterans.
November 19, 2007
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New Leader Gives Troubled Texas College a Makeover
DALLAS (AP) — Jeans, flip-flops, sneakers, T-shirts, sweats. These define the college student wardrobe, right? Not at Paul Quinn College. Not anymore.
November 19, 2007
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Some Faculty Question NDSU Professor’s ‘Distinguished’ Status
FARGO N.D. Four of Tom Isern’s fellow professors at North Dakota State University are questioning whether he deserves a special award and the pay raise and title that goes with it.
November 18, 2007
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Rhodes Scholars Named for 2008
WASHINGTON Thirty-two men and women from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2008, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.
November 18, 2007
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Penn’s Collaboration with Philly on School a Success Story
PHILADELPHIA In science class this fall, Maxwell Gontarek has been learning about genetic engineering by observing the offspring of two zebra fish an albino father and a wild mother.
November 18, 2007
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University of California Tries to Better Understand Asian Students
The University of California is expanding the categories undergraduate applicants use to self-report their ethnicity as part of an effort to collect and better report the “complexities” of its Asian American and Pacific Islander students.
November 17, 2007
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Black Greeks Debate Their Future
“Enough is enough” was the sentiment of panelists and participants in Diverse’s Web chat last week, when they expressed that dangerous hazing undermines the noble principles on which Black Greek-letter organizations were founded.
November 17, 2007
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At Germanna CC, Students Nurse Human-patient Simulators
LOCUST GROVE Va. Increasingly, students in the medical field can learn to tend to patients before setting foot in a hospital.
November 15, 2007
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Avila Professor Reaches Out to At-risk High School Students
KANSAS CITY Mo. Tears trickled down Reulan Levin’s face as she read the thank-you letter proof that her caring had helped lift a former student over seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
November 15, 2007
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