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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2009
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colleges and universities stories: 44 news summaries

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KIDS THESE DAYS

Undergrad's Search for Assistant Meets Mockery

Georgetown sophomore seeks to hire fellow student for laundry duty

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 22, 09 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - How's a busy undergrad supposed to juggle study, a social life, and a part-time job? For one 19-year-old at Georgetown University, the answer is hiring a personal assistant. The sophomore sparked controversy on campus this week by placing an ad on the university's student employment site seeking a personal assistant... More »

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higher education • Georgetown University • colleges and universities • personal assistant • students • women's issues

 Colleges Tackle 
 the 'Sexile' Issue 

Tighter rules introduced to empower banished roommates

Washington Post Washington Post Oct 17, 09 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - "Sexiles" banished from their rooms by sexually active roommates have long been a feature of student life, but colleges across the country are looking into ways to help the hapless figures found crashed on lounge sofas get a good night's sleep. Many now require roommates to sign a contract... More »

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Paul Krugman

 Education Cuts Will 
 Stunt Economy 

Congress needs to get states cash to keep universities healthy

New York Times New York Times Oct 9, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Education has been the most important component of America's economic success over the past 150 years, writes Paul Krugman—that is public education. But after 30 years of Reaganite opposition to public spending, we've seen a "slow-motion erosion" of America's educational standing, until what we think is the "... More »

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education • university • Paul Krugman • colleges and universities • economic stimulus package • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Harvard, Yale $18B Poorer
as Endowments Drop 30%


Bloomberg Bloomberg Sep 11, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard and Yale remain the richest schools in the US, but both are getting a lesson in economics. The endowments of the Ivy Leaguer shrank by about 30% over the last year thanks to risky investments, reports Bloomberg. Harvard's fell $11 billion to $26 billion and Yale's dropped $7 billion... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Dropout Rates 
 Turning US Colleges 
 Into 'Failure Factories' 

Students' failure to make it to the finish line is dragging down the economy

New York Times New York Times Sep 9, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The failure of America's colleges to turn more freshmen into graduates is doing huge amounts of damage to the economy, David Leonhardt writes in the New York Times. Only half of those enrolled in college emerge with a degree, the worst rate of any developed country except Italy. This dismal... More »

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higher education • US economy • graduation • college tuition • colleges and universities • state colleges • graduation rates • Jay-ZTV




 'Swine Flu Dorms' Sprout 
  at Colleges Nationwide 

Sick students start school in quarantine zones

New York Times New York Times Sep 5, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - College freshers across the country are starting their life in higher education confined to buildings full of their coughing peers, the New York Times reports. Fearing the virus will sweep through campuses, colleges have set up quarantine dorms for sick students, keeping them out of class and plying them with... More »

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College Complaints Squash Some Bud Light 'Fan Cans'


Associated Press Associated Press Aug 25, 09 10:10 PM CDT
(AP) - Anheuser-Busch is dropping its "Fan Cans" promotions from communities around the US where colleges have complained that the effort—which sells cans of Bud Light in school colors—promotes underage drinking and infringes on trademarks. Federal industry regulations require at least 70% of an advertisement's audience to be above... More »

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(Newser) - Penn State has knocked the University of Florida from its No. 1 spot … atop the Princeton Review’s “Best Party School” list. Each year, the Review ranks schools in a huge number of categories based on surveys of their students. A Penn State spokeswoman called it a “... More »

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Virginia Tech • University of Florida • college • George Washington University • Princeton Review • Clemson • Brigham Young University • colleges and universities • Brown University • UC Santa Cruz • Penn State University • party schools • US Merchant Marine Academy • Sarah Lawrence College • Thomas Aquinas College • Bard College

 Feds to Streamline 
 Infamous Financial Aid Form 

Government hopes trimming FAFSA will get more aid to those who need it

New York Times New York Times Jun 24, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House today will unveil its plan to make it easier for students to get federal aid by cutting the fiendishly complex application down to size, the New York Times reports. The FAFSA—Free Application for Federal Student Aid—is notorious for being harder to fill out than a... More »

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 Spying 101: US Wants 
 Colleges to Train 007s 

Spying 101 plan aims to mold future intelligence officers

Washington Post Washington Post Jun 20, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's like a cloak-and-dagger version of ROTC. The government wants universities to help train the next generation of spies, the Washington Post reports. The proposed program would recruit first- and second-generation students from diverse ethnic backgrounds, the Mideast and Asia in particular, and run them through a specialized set of... More »

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Colleges Consider Move
 to 3-Year Degrees

Downturn has colleges looking for ways to save students time, money

Washington Post Washington Post May 23, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - A growing number of colleges are looking at ways to cram 4-year degree courses into 3 to help students combat tough times, the Washington Post reports. More than half of teens have changed their college plans because of the economy, according to a recent survey, and many in the world... More »

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investigation

Fraud Colleges Admit Terror Suspects to UK

Alleged al-Qaeda members enrolled in ring of fake schools

Times (UK) Times (UK) May 21, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of young Pakistanis have entered Britain by applying for visas to study at sham colleges that issue fake diplomas and attendance records, the Times of London reports. Ten of the 12 men arrested last month when police busted an alleged al-Qaeda plot were enrolled at a bogus college; other... More »

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 Proposed Tax 
 No Fair, 
 Brown U. 
 Students Say 

Providence mayor wants to charge them $300 a year

Associated Press Associated Press May 13, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students at Brown University say they contribute to their community in countless ways, and a proposed $150-per-semester tax shouldn’t be one of them, the AP reports. “We’re more able to provide labor, we’re more able to apply the things that we're learning in the classroom, than... More »

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 Tight Economy Strains 
 Town-Gown Relations 


New York Times New York Times May 9, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The poor economy has put a crimp in some universities' expansion plans and soured the relationship between others and the surrounding communities, the New York Times reports. For instance, Harvard’s planned $1 billion expansion into a Boston neighborhood is in limbo, leaving a 5-acre construction pit and vacant... More »

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Colleges Snoop on Applicants' Online Lives

Admissions, financial aid officers 'fess up to checking social networking pages

Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Apr 29, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A quarter of colleges check applicants' social networking pages or run their names through search engines, according to a new report. The colleges didn't say whether their online findings could make or break an application, but the study's authors believe overly candid online postings have the potential to sink one's... More »

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  $70M in Anonymous Gifts 
 Spark Academic Whodunit 

Nearly $70 million given to colleges nationwide

New York Times New York Times Apr 25, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - A wave of nearly $70 million in mysterious donations to a dozen colleges across the country has set off a happy guessing game in academic circles, the New York Times reports. "Whoever it is wishes to remain anonymous and I, for one, am perfectly happy to respect that,"... More »

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 Sorry, Recession Won't 
 Get You Into Harvard 

Top schools see no application shortage despite economy

New York Times New York Times Mar 30, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, a lot of people are cash-strapped, but don’t get your hopes up that the recession will boost your shot at an Ivy League school. Harvard got a record number of applications this year—29,112, a 6% jump from last year. And pricey universities like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown,... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • Stanford University • college • Harvard • Dartmouth College • colleges and universities • Middlebury College • Common Application

College Students Pay Twice for Health Insurance

Parents complain of hidden costs for students who already have insurance

NPR NPR Feb 6, 09 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Many parents of college students across America are paying double for their children's health insurance, an NPR investigation finds. Students are usually required to show proof of health insurance for admission, but then often find they can't use that insurance at college clinics. Parents complain that colleges automatically charge for... More »

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Last-Minute Flood Jams College Application Site

Students received timeout errors as server overloaded

New York Times New York Times Jan 1, 09 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Some high school seniors submitting college applications hours before the Dec. 31 deadline encountered timeout errors and slowdowns that gave them quite a scare, the New York Times reports. The Common Application site—used by a million students to apply for 350 colleges—buckled twice under the volume of last-minute... More »

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Equation Helps Procrastinators Overcome Their Stall Tactics

You know, when you get around to it

Times (UK) Times (UK) Dec 8, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The legions of those of us who "will do it later" are growing, reports the Sunday Times, but now there's a formula to figure out what chance you have of beating back your delay tactics. A Calgary University business professor claims in a new book, The Procrastination Equation,... More »

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