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Ex-student thanks teacher with gift from Afghanistan - Monday, December 01, 2008
Betty Peck plans to wear a red dress with silver beading in December. That is, every single day in December.
"You have to dress according to the season," Peck said on a recent afternoon,...
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...
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...
Whitman student wins 1K college scholarship from Comcast - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Hanson - At a special ceremony held recently at the Massachusetts State House, Comcast was joined by state legislators to honor Whitman-Hanson Regional High School graduating senior...
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...
Yale's Endowment Drops 13.4% - Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Yale disclosed Tuesday that its endowment had fallen at least 13.4 percent in the four months since June as the decline in asset values during the financial crisis takes its toll on...
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...
Students protest as CSU raises fees by 20 percent - Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Long Beach - It just got about $1,000 more expensive to attend California State University for one year - and students are furious.
With a tentative state budget agreement that gouges...
US schools experiment with paying students - Tuesday, June 17, 2008
WASHINGTON- Friday is payday at KIPP DC: KEY Academy, and some sixth-grade girls gather at the makeshift school store trying to decide how to spend their hard-earned money.
They received...
