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Two Former Montana State U Graduate Students Receive Fulbright Scholarships

BOZEMAN Mont. Two recent graduate students at Montana State University have received Fulbright Scholarships, the school said.

Va. Tech Distributes $8.5M in Donations for Shooting Victims, Families of Those Killed

BLACKSBURG Va. Virginia Tech has distributed more than $8.5 million in donations to aid victims of the mass killings on campus in April, school leaders said Tuesday.

Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority Quietly Ends Life Sciences Loan Benefits

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. Missouri’s student loan authority has quietly ended a program launched with fanfare three years ago to entice the state’s math and science graduates to work in the life sciences by forgiving part of their student loans.

Kids of Illegal Immigrants Live in Fear But Pursue American Dream

SPOKANE Wash. A teenage girl studying entrepreneurship at Washington State University would be on her way to realizing the American Dream, except she is not American.

Cultural and Linguistic Ambidexterity

It might sound like a no-brainer that being bilingual or multilingual helps students planning to enter engineering and just about any other career. But it is certainly true and is becoming more important as the economies of nations become more intertwined. What’s more, being able to go beyond mere language ability and understand cultural distinctions are extra advantages. The University of Texas at El Paso seeks to do just that for its students.

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Board Members Delay Decision on Future of Antioch College

YELLOW SPRINGS Ohio Antioch College board members postponed a decision Saturday on whether to reverse their decision to temporarily close the college, telling about 200 alumni, faculty and students that they’ll continue debating for several more days.

Mayor: Blaze That Killed 7 College Students at N.C. Beach House May Have Started on Deck

OCEAN ISLE BEACH N.C. A fire at a vacation house where college students went to take advantage of the last good beach weather may have started on a deck, an official said Monday, as two campuses waited to find out the names of the seven dead.

Officials Looking for Ways to Ease Shortage of Nursing Teachers

FARGO N.D. Ways to encourage graduate students to consider teaching, and the use of private money to supplement faculty wages, are among the ideas being discussed to ease a shortage of nursing teachers in the region.

University Fee Policy Set For Revamp, But Not Everyone’s on Board

PORTLAND, Ore. The University of Oregon and Eastern Oregon University have an “energy surcharge.” Portland State’s got a “student services” fee. And every university in the state tacks on a little extra for the privilege of using the school’s computer system.

Education Department Investigating Whether Illegal Student Loans Made

DENVER Federal investigators are looking into whether the Community College of Denver made loans to students who were not eligible.

Candidate’s Rivals for College Post had More Experience

PHOENIX Laura Pastor, the daughter of U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor, D-Phoenix, has started a political career of her own in pursuit of a hotly contested seat on the Phoenix City Council.

Division II Chowan moving to Historically Black CIAA

MURFREESBORO, N.C. When tiny Chowan University moved up to Division II a few years ago, it knew it needed the stability that comes with joining a conference.

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