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Our simple guide to student finance - Thursday, June 26, 2008
Catherine Quinn takes a closer look at the different types of financial support available for students
With the system seeming to change almost annually, it's no wonder many students...
Universities 'too reliant' on foreign student fees - Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Britain's universities are becoming increasingly over-reliant on fees from overseas students, a standards watchdog has warned.
Peter Williams, head of the Quality Assurance Agency,...
New California dropout data will track individual students - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The public today could start getting a better picture of how many California students are dropping out of school. For the first time in California, dropout rates will be measured based...
As students arrive, Cal sets up new campus warning system - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
C-Berkeley welcomed students this week with a three-day party in the gymnasium and reassured their anxious parents with a new high-tech warning system.
For several days, new and returning...
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...
Gunshot sensors placed at Johns Hopkins University - Tuesday, November 18, 2008
BALTIMORE - A sensor network has been installed at Johns Hopkins University that will allow police to pinpoint the source of gunfire.
In a memo to students, the university says 93 detector...
Student hacker drops out of Carleton - Friday, September 26, 2008
A Carleton University student has quit school after being hit with a fine and other sanctions for hacking into a university computer to steal identification and financial data from 32...
Fire displaces students at U-M dorm - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A small fire occurred Monday night in Mary Markley Hall on the University of Michigan’s campus.
The fire, which occurred at 10:40 p.m., was contained in one room and was quickly put...
UW regents approve 5.5% tuition increase - Friday, July 10, 2009
Madison - Students attending four-year schools in the University of Wisconsin System will see a 5.5% base tuition increase along with jumps in student fees and room and board rates,...
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,...
