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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...
Students propose changes to new graduation rules - Tuesday, September 16, 2008
A group of high school students today proposed dramatic changes to the state’s tough new graduation requirements that would create separate routes to a high school diploma based on...
New York Students Improve in Reading and Math - Monday, June 23, 2008
Reading and math scores for New York students in grades three through eight improved significantly across the state this year, with particularly sizeable gains in the large urban areas,...
Warning over universities' future Students - Thursday, July 10, 2008
Some universities will face closure or merger as they struggle to compete for a dwindling number of students over the next 20 years, vice-chancellors warn.
A report for umbrella body...
Contagious virus sickens 200 U.S. students - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
LOS ANGELES - A highly contagious gastrointestinal virus has sickened another 70 students at the University of Southern California (USC), bringing the total number of sick students to...
Kansas University Campus damages of $20 million - Thursday, June 12, 2008
Topeka, KS - Northeast Kansas was hit by several tornadoes from Wednesday night until Thursday, causing extensive damage in the area. So far two casualties were reported, a woman whose...
Student Entrepreneurs Compete For the Best Pitch - Friday, October 24, 2008
Evelyn_EspinozaA landscaping and lawn-care business; a candy factory; a yoga class; a smoothie store in the school cafeteria; and an online costume retailer for kids and adults.
Those...
nnovation in Danger: Not Enough Students Pursuing Engineering Careers - Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Thought Leaders from the IEEE Discuss Current Issues in Education, from Engaging Our Nation's Youth to Encouraging, Attracting and Retaining Engineering Talent
-- The trend is alarming,...
Colleges spend billions to prep freshmen - Monday, September 15, 2008
It's a tough lesson for millions of students just now arriving on campus: even if you have a high school diploma, you may not be ready for college.
In fact, a new study calculates,...
Campus-Wide Tegrity Campus Scores High Marks With Students - Wednesday, September 17, 2008
SANTA CLARA, Calif., - Tegrity, provider of the leading class capture web service for higher education, announced that it will unveil the results of an important study highlighting the...
