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Gunman arrested after holding students hostage - Friday, October 31, 2008
STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine - Police say a gunman held 11 fifth-graders hostage at an elementary school in Maine but was tackled by a state trooper and taken into custody without any harm...
East Timor police break up student rally - Monday, July 07, 2008
DILI, East Timor - Police in East Timor's capital fired tear gas Monday to disperse students protesting a plan by lawmakers to buy themselves new cars with state funds, authorities said.
Officers...
Students Borrow More Than Ever for College - Sunday, September 06, 2009
Students are borrowing dramatically more to pay for college, accelerating a trend that has wide-ranging implications for a generation of young people.
New numbers from the U.S. Education...
College Student Tries to Sell Vote on E-Bay - Saturday, July 05, 2008
Minnesota prosecutors charged a nineteen-year-old college student with a felony for bribery and solicitation, all because of an e-bay posting. A journalism student at the University...
Budget cuts would hurt instruction at Kansas universities, officials say - Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Cutting budgets at Kansas’ six universities by as much as 7 percent by 2010 would mean losing jobs, classes, services and programs at some of the schools, officials said Tuesday.
University...
Chicago Student, 12, Wins Dodge Caliber for School Attendance - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
CHICAGO — It took a Chicago Public Schools student a whole year to win a sleek perfect attendance prize—but she has a few years to go before she can use it.
Ashley Martinez won...
Foreign students labeled 'threats' - Monday, June 23, 2008
A group of foreign oceanography graduate students got a scare when they recently applied to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for access to U.S. ports where their research...
1 in 4 students in state drop out - Friday, July 18, 2008
Nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
The report, based on...
New Handbook Helps Campuses Stop Violence Before It Starts - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
A guide to help colleges and universities prevent the tragedy of campus violence has been released by a team of leading experts.
"The Handbook for Campus Threat Assessment and Management...
Student Housing Faces Pressure To Make Grade As Econ Weakens - Thursday, October 30, 2008
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Student housing, previously a bright spot in the battered real estate investment trust sector, may be falling off the dean's list as the economy weakens.
The...
