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1 in 4 students in state drop out - Friday, July 18, 2008
Nearly 1 in 4 of California's 6.3 million students drop out of school, according to new statistics released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.
The report, based on...
University of Michigan to pay $2.5 million toward Rich Rodriguez settlement - Thursday, July 10, 2008
The University of Michigan has agreed to pay $2.5 million toward the settlement agreement Rich Rodriguez reached with West Virginia, U-M announced today.
Athletic Director Bill Martin...
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...
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...
Universities earn record amount from working with industry - Thursday, July 10, 2008
Universities saw a dramatic rise in earnings from working with industry last year, reaching a record total of £2.6bn.
That represents a 17% increase in business funding compared with...
Help is available for college students struggling to pay tuition - Friday, July 17, 2009
Maryland colleges are starting to send out fall tuition bills, and signs indicate that more families will struggle to pay.
Applications for federal student aid are up. More families...
Gay school's students get a history lesson with 'Milk' - Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Gay students who attend this cozy third-floor Greenwich Village high school did not live through the launch of the national gay rights movement, which unfolded a few blocks away, and...
Universities urged to act over fall in student numbers - Thursday, July 10, 2008
Universities could close, or be forced to lower standards or significantly raise fees, unless urgent action is taken to address a fall in student numbers, vice-chancellors warn today.
A...
Student debt levels portend rising loan default rates - Monday, December 01, 2008
Not long ago, Dan Brown and his roommate headed from San Francisco to Las Vegas. They were aiming to win big so they could pay off their student loans.
"If you don't try, you can't...
Elite students depend on public welfare for family medical care - Monday, October 13, 2008
Deciding on grad school? In addition to taking on six-figure loans, late nights and ramen dinners, would-be students now must add in another challenge: family health insurance.
Increasingly,...
