small minority News

Student diversity increase pledged by CCAC - Friday, June 06, 2008
The Community College of Allegheny County will attempt to enroll a student body that is at least 27 percent minority or disadvantaged, the school's board of trustees announced Thursday. CCAC...

Medical students fail drug street smarts - Tuesday, October 07, 2008
A team of British and Australian researchers have found that medical students have little in the way of street smarts when it comes to recreational drugs. In a paper published in the...

Report: 90,000 NYC students miss 1 month school - Tuesday, October 21, 2008
NEW YORK - A new report says that more than 90,000 elementary students in New York City missed at least one month of classes during the last school year. The report released Tuesday...

MBA students offer help to entrepreneurs - Thursday, January 01, 2009
Need help figuring out the next step for your small business? The Montreat College MBA program may have some answers. A team of the school’s graduate students is offering consulting...

Study: 50 percent borrow money for college - Friday, July 10, 2009
America's college students are borrowing more and taking on riskier forms of debt than ever before, according to an analysis released Thursday. “Drowning in Debt: The Emerging Student...

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...

College Students Face Fierce Competition for Summer Jobs - Sunday, May 17, 2009
Roughly 100 people crammed into a small Manhattan restaurant, hoping to be hired to one of the two available job positions With roughly a hundred people crammed into Marcello Assante's...

College Student's Outlook on Job Market - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Chicago, IL - In a tough economy, you might expect college students to be pessimistic as they prepare to enter a tightening job market. A new survey conducted by Honor Roll Online, America's...

At 15, Snohomish student is too young to drive, but not to attend the UW - Thursday, June 26, 2008
SNOHOMISH -- The last-day-of-school assembly was largely about transitions: from grade to grade and school to school. Half the students would remain at Snohomish High and half would...

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...