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Will Business Schools Learn from Wall Street's Crisis? (21 September 11:50) |
| Business school is back in session, and teachers are re-evaluating how to better train the post-Lehman generation of risk managers
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Hidden College Costs: Rising Fees
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| Compared to pricey private colleges, state schools can be a bargain. But extra fees are adding to the financial burden
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Fewer US Med Students Choosing Primary Care (10 September 05:30) |
| Only 2% of graduating medical students say they plan to work in primary care internal medicine, raising worries about a looming shortage of the first-stop doctors who used to be the backbone... |
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Math tests for kindergartners? (28 August 11:18) |
| The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.
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Mom finds U.S. lagging in early education (26 August 12:26) |
| That's my girl, I thought, as Olivia tore away from us to join the other 5-year-olds for circle time -- legs crossed, hand stick-straight in the air in response to the teacher's question abo... |
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U.S. Colleges' Green Grade: C- (25 August 02:30) |
| Campuses may be getting greener, but college curriculums are falling behind in teaching students the basics of global warming and sustainability
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Harvard reclaims No. 1 spot on list of nation's top schools (22 August 03:42) |
| Harvard University is the country's oldest, wealthiest and most selective university. Now it's back on top of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings, claiming sole possession of t... |
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College chiefs urge new debate on drinking age (20 August 01:49) |
| College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to... |
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A Homeschooling Win in California (14 August 04:30) |
| In a stunning reversal of its own ruling, a California court says it's O.K. for uncredentialed parents to homeschool their kids. But regulatory questions remain
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Living with autism in college (13 August 12:37) |
| When Dan Hackett started college, he didn't make the grades he knew he could.
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Tips for minimum wage earners (25 July 05:41) |
| The Federal minimum wage is increasing to $6.55 an hour today. But for most folks facing higher prices on everything from a gallon of milk to a gallon of gas, it's still getting harder to ma... |
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Study: Medical students show racial bias (10 July 05:52) |
| Edna sits on an examining table ready and alert -- she wants answers about the lump in her breast.
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Biz-school exam maker seeking Web cheaters (03 July 07:37) |
| Prospective and current graduate business students who used a Web site to cheat on entrance examinations over the past five years could have their scores thrown out.
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More colleges move toward optional SATs (31 May 01:03) |
| Jen Wang of Short Hills, New Jersey, took her first SAT when she was in sixth grade, long before she would start filling out college applications.
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MBA students go for Google (29 May 10:52) |
| Where do MBA students most want to work when they get out of school? Investment banks and consulting firms are still popular choices, but for the second straight year, the most coveted emplo... |
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A chance to compare MBA schools (29 May 10:23) |
| Dan Berger, a 26-year-old aide to New York Congressman Charles Rangel, knew he wanted to get an MBA but, he says now, he was overwhelmed by the number and variety of programs available: "I k... |
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Wake Forest Drops SAT Requirement (27 May 11:30) |
| Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to take the SAT and ACT exams, boosting a movement to lessen the importance of standardized tests in college admissions
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Commentary: Tax-free hypocrisy from higher education (17 May 05:06) |
| There is an industry in this country that is making billions in profit while average Americans are struggling to fill up their gas tanks.
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Agents posing as students flashed lots of cash (09 May 01:17) |
| Undercover agents who posed as college students to bust more than 100 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University never had to crack a book to gain acceptance on campus. All it took... |
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Six fraternities suspended after San Diego drug bust (08 May 07:14) |
| San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus... |
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Pittsburgh signs juco guard Jermaine Dixon (24 April 05:57) |
| PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pitt's basketball program must believe the only thing that could be better than one Dixon is two Dixons.
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Wall Street - land of job uncertainty (02 April 02:28) |
| Last fall, as bad news about the credit crisis began to pile up, MBA student Brendan McHugh started to wonder about his chances of securing a coveted internship at a top securities firm.
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Report: Many big city graduation rates below 50% (01 April 11:33) |
| Seventeen of the nation's 50 largest cities had high school graduation rates lower than 50 percent, with the lowest graduation rates reported in Detroit, Michigan; Indianapolis, Indiana and ... |
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Taking the kids: Exploring the heart of college country (19 March 12:28) |
| Secretly, I'm congratulating myself.
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California Resists Home School Ruling (13 March 01:30) |
| In the wake of a surprise court decision, the state says that its home schoolers are "legal" pending appeal
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Criminalizing Home Schoolers (08 March 09:30) |
| A child abuse law suit ruling may have created a horde of truants in California, affecting as many as 200,000 children
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SAT sues test-prep company over 'live' questions (22 February 01:18) |
| The owner of the SAT and PSAT exams sued a Dallas-area test-preparation company Wednesday, accusing it of illegally obtaining copies of "live" test questions that it then used to help studen... |
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Harvard - other coffer-stuffing elites - stir tension (25 January 04:46) |
| New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich... |
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7 qualities you need to be a great parent to a preschooler (22 January 08:33) |
| What's it really take to parent a preschooler? It's pretty simple, once you realize what kids this age can and can't do (and what sets them off and what keeps them happy!). Here are seven qu... |
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Juco QB Crum headed to Wyoming (11 January 03:01) |
| LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) -- Wyoming gained another quarterback with the signing of Dax Crum, who played this past season for Mesa (Ariz.) Community College.
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Yale opens Ivy League coffers (08 January 10:27) |
| Yale University is joining other elite colleges across the country in increasing student financial aid after complaints from federal lawmakers about years of rising tuition rates.
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Flu shots now mandatory for New Jersey preschoolers (15 December 03:12) |
| New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complic... |
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VIDEO: Will Smith Planning to Start a School (13 December 02:37) |
| Video courtesy Buena Vista EntertainmentHaving immersed himself in educational theories while home-schooling his kids, Will Smith says he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, plan to put that k... |
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Young doctors in debt (16 November 10:17) |
| It's Wednesday evening and Megan Reis can't remember when she last saw her husband Chris. Small wonder. Since Sunday morning, Meg has worked more than 60 hours at Advocate Hope Children's Ho... |
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From six figures to student loans (15 November 03:21) |
| After nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue an... |
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Shifting gears at mid-career (15 November 02:03) |
| After nearly 20 years in the energy industry, Jay Mulki was earning a handsome six-figure salary and managing a department of 50 employees. But Mulki longed to work fewer hours and pursue an... |
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Study: More sleep can cut kids' obesity risk (06 November 04:09) |
| Here's another reason to get the kids to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese.
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Nebraska teacher accused of liaison with 13-year-old due in court (05 November 09:10) |
| A middle school teacher accused of running away to Mexico with a 13-year-old boy when rumors started to swirl that they were having sex was due in court Monday to begin facing charges, three... |
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13-year-old in alleged teacher-student liaison is illegal immigrant (04 November 10:41) |
| A 13-year-old student with whom a middle school teacher is accused of fleeing to create a romantic life in the boy's native Mexico may be required to stay there.
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Teacher Who Fled With Boy Arrested (03 November 06:30) |
| A female schoolteacher and the 13-year-old boy she allegedly ran away with have been arrested in Mexico, a prosecutor said Saturday
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Russia's business school battle (26 October 02:37) |
| The big question right now in Russian politics is who will succeed Vladimir Putin as President in the 2008 election. As it turns out, the two front-runners -- first deputy prime ministers Se... |
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College costs keep rising (22 October 10:48) |
| The average total cost of a private four-year college rose to $32,307 for the current school year, but the rate of increase has slowed compared to public school prices, according to a report... |
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Maine middle school to offer birth control (18 October 10:15) |
| After an outbreak of pregnancies among middle school girls, education officials in this city have decided to allow a school health center to make birth control pills available to girls as yo... |
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Commentary: Integrative medicine is 'new way of healing' (12 October 09:49) |
| In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care s... |
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Med student: Integrative medicine is 'new way of healing' (12 October 03:11) |
| In a recent column, Emily Breidbart, a second-year medical student at New York University School of Medicine, expressed concerns about her medical education and the frustrating health-care s... |
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Kids use yoga to learn mythology, fight pre-test jitters (08 October 08:38) |
| Fourth-grade teacher Elisabeth Beckwith wants her students at Fernbank Elementary School in Decatur, Georgia, to pay attention to a lesson on Greek mythology.
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Census: More blacks, Latinos live in cells than in dorms (27 September 06:55) |
| More than three times as many black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released Thursday.
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Computer club to hold 'nerd auction' for dates (26 September 08:01) |
| Looking to recruit more women, and perhaps date some sorority women, the largest computer club at Washington State University hopes to hold a "nerd auction."
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They want to sell your kid (19 September 02:18) |
| To improve her chances of getting into a good college, Caitlin Pickavance, a 17-year-old high school senior from Danville, Calif., has been working with a private college coach since her fre... |
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Sixth Graders Take on Wall Street
(08 September 01:30) |
| A trailblazing Chicago school starts economic education early to give inner-city black kids a leg up
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