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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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The Evolution of a Texas HBCU
Now majority Hispanic, the historically black st. philip’s college has positioned itself to serve an increasingly diverse San Antonio population.
August 15, 2007
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E-mails slow to alert UI campus of bomb threat
IOWA CITY Iowa It took up to two hours for e-mails to reach all users in the University of Iowa’s database, warning people about a bomb threat.
August 14, 2007
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State releases first batch of Michigan Merit results
LANSING Mich. Most of last academic year’s Michigan high school juniors did well enough on a new standardized test to eventually get some college scholarship money from the state.
August 14, 2007
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Report says college students might not be prepared for chosen careers
FARGO N.D. A study finds college students may not be prepared for the careers they want to pursue.
August 14, 2007
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Returning Virginia Tech students balance melancholy with hope as fall classes approach
BLACKSBURG Va. Sophomore Dat Hoang was eager to return to Virginia Tech, but moving back Wednesday also brought back memories of the friend he lost in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
August 14, 2007
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California students show only minimal gains on annual tests
SACRAMENTO After several years of steady progress, California students made few gains on academic achievement tests last year, according to the latest results released Wednesday by the state Department of Education.
August 14, 2007
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Camp gives students taste of traditional native art
FARMINGTON N.M. A dozen American Indian high school students sat in a room, concentrating hard on the beginning of a small loom in front of them.
August 14, 2007
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Arkansas appears before NCAA board over track violations
LITTLE ROCK The University of Arkansas has appeared before the NCAA infractions committee to answer allegations levied against its storied track and field program after a former assistant coach was convicted last year of embezzlement, the university said Tuesday.
August 13, 2007
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Tougher test requirements hurt Ohio student performance scores
COLUMBUS Ohio New science and social studies tests brought down the otherwise improving proficiency scores of Ohio’s K-12 students last year and contributed to a decline in the number of districts and schools receiving the highest “excellent” rating, figures released Tuesday show.
August 13, 2007
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Black History AP Course Faces Obstacles by College Board
Some K-12 school district officials have proposed a remedy to the lack of Black student enrollment in Advanced Placement classes: an AP course in African-American History.
August 12, 2007
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Kalamazoo Promise grads’ first year of college started slow, got better
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Associated Press is following the college careers of two members of Kalamazoo Public Schools’ class of 2006. Stephanie Butler and Alex Plair II were among the first recipients of scholarships provided by The Kalamazoo Promise, an anonymously funded free-tuition program for graduates of the school district beginning that year. This is the second in a series of annual stories about Butler and Plair, whom the AP first profiled as their high school careers ended.
August 12, 2007
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Hillsdale College replaces state scholarship aid with private funds
HILLSDALE Mich. Hillsdale College, a private liberal arts school in southern Michigan, announced Monday it will no longer accept state taxpayer money for student scholarships and financial aid.
August 12, 2007
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Virginia Tech killings underscore guns-on-campus campaign
RICHMOND Virginia Some U.S. college students want the right to carry guns on campus, saying they should have the ability to protect themselves in the event of a shooting like the one that left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech this spring.
August 12, 2007
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