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Only 22% of students graduate - Monday, August 18, 2008
ohannesburg - Only 22% of higher level students complete their undergraduate degree within the required study period, said Education Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday.
"Out of the 120...
University challenges highlighted - Thursday, July 10, 2008
A report outlining the major issues that universities could face in the future has been published.
The report, by Universities UK, suggests a number of different scenarios for the future...
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...
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...
UGA students still party, but a little less so - Monday, July 28, 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For years, the higher-ups at the University of Georgia have tried to suppress the school's image as a booze fueled party school -- but from the looks of things,...
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,...
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...
Study: Med students sharing a bit too much info on Facebook - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Would you visit a doctor who dresses like a pimp or wears a lab coat labeled “Kevorkian Medical Clinic?”
University of Florida researchers found several such...
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...
House offers hope for student-parents - Sunday, July 20, 2008
More than 125 National City Bank volunteers worked yesterday to prepare the Family Scholar House, a 56-apartment facility that will house single parents attending college and their children.
The...
