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Student, 19, pleads guilty to making threats in UBC lockdowns - Saturday, July 05, 2008
METRO VANCOUVER - A 19-year-old University of B.C. student who was a math and biology whiz in high school has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from two campus lockdowns at UBC last...
Oprah donates $365,000 to Atlanta school - Thursday, January 01, 2009
Atlanta educator Ron Clark was delighted last week to receive a letter from Oprah Winfrey, on whose show he has appeared twice. It wasn't until he noticed an extra piece of paper flutter...
CPS students earn record $157 million in college - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Students from this spring's Chicago Public Schools graduating class collected nearly $157 million in college scholarships, nearly twice the $82 million earned the year before and a district...
Middle school critical to students' success in high school - Thursday, June 26, 2008
More than 100,000 California students quit high school each year, but the path toward dropping out begins long before high school. Three new studies from the California Dropout Research...
Little progress by Labour on widening university participation - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Commenting on the National Audit Office report published today on widening participation in higher education, Liberal Democrat ShadowUniversity, Innovation and Skills Secretary, Stephen...
Only 22% of students graduate - Monday, August 18, 2008
ohannesburg - Only 22% of higher level students complete their undergraduate degree within the required study period, said Education Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday.
"Out of the 120...
Student Loan/Consolidation Network Announces Good News from Congress - Saturday, August 02, 2008
StudentLoanCenter.biz, an online source of information and assistance for the student loan market, has good news for current and future students in need of financial help.
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Carnegie Mellon University to Host Second Annual Game Education Summit - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
AUSTIN, Texas - Carnegie Mellon University will host the second annual Game Education Summit, a conference focused on improving academic training for tomorrow's video game professionals,...
2008 Professors of the Year prepare students for lifelong learning - Thursday, November 20, 2008
Four professors being recognized today in the 2008 U.S. Professors of the Year awards share a desire to enable young minds to "grow by doing," instead of just listening to lectures in...
Texas can make college affordable with political will - Sunday, June 08, 2008
Not long ago, students planning to attend a Texas college or university typically worried only about the letters that spell SAT or ACT, the college entrance exams. These days, another...
