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Foreign students on par with locals - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
INTERNATIONAL students do just as well as Australian students at Australia's elite universities, countering claims that international students are "soft-marked" and are dragging down...
Stop exploitation, student union tells tertiary review - Tuesday, August 05, 2008
ONE of Melbourne's key student bodies has urged the Federal Government to abolish full fees for international students, in what would be a dramatic reshaping of the multibillion-dollar...
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,...
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...
Two Drake players named top student-athletes - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
DES MOINES, Iowa - Two Drake athletes have been honored as co-recipients of the school's outstanding student-athlete award.
Adam Emmenecker and Jill Martin on Monday were given the...
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...
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,...
International student sues Australian companies - Monday, July 07, 2008
An international student is suing a number of Australian security companies, after he was allegedly paid just $AU200 for 150 hours of security work at this year's Australian Tennis Open.
That's...
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...
Black students in South performing better on tests - Tuesday, July 14, 2009
ATLANTA - A new government study shows black students in many Southern states are improving test scores in math and reading, but not enough to narrow an achievement gap with their white...
