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Falling home ownership, equity, affect college enrollment
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Sagging college enrollments may be the next symptom of the sub-prime mortgage mess, according to a University of Michigan economist.
Providing in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants increases college enrollment
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Undocumented youth are not likely to go to college. Usually they do not qualify for financial aid and often come from low-income families with little ability to pay college tuition. A new study in the Journal of Policy An ...
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Obese girls less likely to attend college
Jul 23, 2007 |
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Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin.
Male college students more likely than less-educated peers to commit property crimes
Aug 03, 2008 |
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Men who attend college are more likely to commit property crimes during their college years than their non-college-attending peers, according to research to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological ...
Attending community college does make you richer, study says
Oct 22, 2009 |
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A recent study by Dave Marcotte, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland Baltimore County found women graduating from community college with a 2-year degree earn 45.8% more annually than high school educated women. Men who ...
Competition for College Admissions Perpetuates Class Divide in Higher Education
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Oct 02, 2009 |
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Increased competition for college admissions combined with the heightened emphasis on test scores in recent decades has fueled the growth of class inequality in American higher education, according to sociologist Sigal Alon ...
Study: Young teens thrive in college
Jan 16, 2007 |
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A new study shows U.S. students who enter college at 12 to 14 years of age no longer fit the stereotype of unhappy, humorless and isolated "nerds."
Colleges expand summer sessions
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Summer session -- once a relatively small piece of the academic calendar -- is now a full-blown term for most colleges and universities, with more offerings, more students and more of an expectation that you can't graduate ...
Immigrant Blacks More Likely to Attend Elite Colleges
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Aug 11, 2009 |
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A larger proportion of immigrant black high school graduates attend selective colleges and universities than both native black and white students in America, according to a study by sociologists at Johns Hopkins University ...
One class increases odds of college graduation for struggling students
Apr 16, 2009 |
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A researcher at Ohio State University has developed a course on learning and motivation strategies that actually increases the odds that struggling first-year students will graduate.
High school physics enrollment hits record high
Jan 10, 2007 |
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"More U.S. high-school students are taking physics than ever before, and the number of physics bachelor's degree recipients in the nation has increased 31 percent since 2000, according to new data presented today by the American ...
When scientists take on science education
Dec 18, 2008 |
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A greater commitment by science faculty to focus on science education could drive education reform at universities and K-12 schools, according to a new report by a team of five researchers from the California State University ...
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