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U. of I. education expert: Community colleges undervalued, underfunded
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Jul 14, 2009 |
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Popular culture may have an uncharitable attitude toward community colleges, but a University of Illinois expert in education says they are an underfunded community asset and an invaluable resource for first-generation ...
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 ...
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U.S. colleges going smoke-free
Mar 02, 2007 |
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College campuses across the United States are going smoke-free, banning cigarettes inside and out.
Med school enrollment edges up; 11th year in a row
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- U.S. medical school enrollment is up for the 11th consecutive year as colleges seek to meet a growing demand for physicians.
Heavy-drinking colleges showing no improvements
Sep 10, 2009 |
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U.S. colleges with the biggest student drinking problems have so far failed to turn the tide, according to a new study.
Undocumented students face barriers to higher education
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Apr 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research released by the College Board shows that because of financial barriers and exclusion from the legal workforce, only a fraction of undocumented high school graduates go on to college. The board ...
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 ...
Company offers college campus tour videos on the Web
May 28, 2009 |
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Want to take a cross country trip to visit colleges all over the United States, but don't want to shell out thousands for gas, food and lodging?
Swine flu rises at US colleges as students return
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Georgia Tech freshman Elise Woodall was met with a message scrawled on the bathroom mirror of her dorm when she moved in two weeks ago: "Wash your hands. Swine is not fine."
Binge drinking tied to conditions in the college environment
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Heavy alcohol use, or binge drinking, among college students in the United States is tied to conditions in the college environment. That is one of the key findings from research conducted by researchers with the Harvard School ...
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 ...
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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