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 High School Seniors: 
 Skip College 

Taking a year off makes sense for most

12 hours, 52 minutes ago
(Newser) - A private consultant who makes a living helping high school seniors get into college has some unexpected advice for them: Don't do it. Take at least a year off instead, writes Gwyeth T. Smith. Yes, the idea of the "gap year" has been around a while, but the lousy... More »

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high school • college admissions • higher education • high school graduates • college applications

 Go to Harvard, 
 Study The Wire 

Series focuses on different aspects of urban life

Nov 2, 09 12:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The Wire is about to get an Ivy League makeover. Harvard plans to offer a course on the HBO series about life in Baltimore's ghettos, the New York Post reports. The show "has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of... More »

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entertainment • television • higher education • The Wire • Harvard

KIDS THESE DAYS

Undergrad's Search for Assistant Meets Mockery

Georgetown sophomore seeks to hire fellow student for laundry duty

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

 Hofstra Student 
 Recants Gang Rape Claim 

Four men released from jail after accuser admits sex was consensual

Sep 17, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A reported gang rape at Hofstra University wasn't a rape after all, the local DA says. The accuser "recanted her claims against the five young men," a school official told students in a text message. The four men who had been charged—and publicly identified—were released from... More »

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higher education • rape • student • district attorney • false accusations • Hofstra University • Nassau County, NY

OPINION

 Student Loan Bill 
 a No-Brainer That 
 Actually Might Pass 

But issue of rising tuition remains

Sep 17, 09 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - For health reform watchers despairing that lawmakers "will never be able to do anything, ever," it's time to turn an eye on the no-brainer student loan reform in the House, Gail Collins writes in the New York Times. Right now, the government gives banks money, pays them to... More »

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Democrats • New York Times • higher education • House of Representatives • health care reform • student loan reform • college tuition • House Republicans • Rep. John Kline

ANALYSIS

 Dropout Rates 
 Turning US Colleges 
 Into 'Failure Factories' 

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

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

'09 Grads Picky Despite Grim Jobs Market

Below-par jobs rejected as grads wait for economy to rebound

Jul 25, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of this year's college grads are confounding career advisers by rejecting suggestions that they can't afford to be choosy about what job to take in a recession, the New York Times reports. The grads say they don't want to be forced into less-than-ideal jobs and career paths by economic... More »

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higher education • employment • recruitment • unemployment • college graduates • job vacancies

(Newser) - An SMU dean has a message for his fellow college professors: Ditch the PowerPoint. Jose A. Bowen isn't anti-technology, explains the Chronicle of Higher Education, he just thinks too many instructors rely on it as a crutch. He's challenging others to "teach naked," without computers in the classroom,... More »

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technology • higher education • learning • college • professor • classroom • PowerPoint • Jose A. Bowen

(Newser) - California's budget crisis has taken an $813 million toll on its famed UC system, Time reports. The University of California's 10 campuses are attempting to deal with the 20% budget cut by instituting mandatory furloughs for 80% of staff, drastically cutting or even freezing new hires, and increasing tuition by... More »

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California • higher education • UC Berkeley • University of California • college tuition • budget deficit • budget gap • hiring freeze • furlough

(Newser) - Barack Obama will announce a plan today to pump $12 billion into community colleges over the next 10 years, USA Today reports. Most of the money—$9 billion—would reward programs that bolster graduation rates, or help graduates find local jobs. Another $2.5 billion would help seed renovation... More »

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education • Barack Obama • higher education • college • community college

(Newser) - Colleges around the country are making it easier for high school graduates to delay college and instead put in a year or more of public service, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More than 80 schools have partnered with AmeriCorps to give students tuition credits in exchange for such service.... More »

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higher education • college • university • gap year • grants • matching funds • Princeton • public service • defer

(Newser) - The new GI bill going into effect Aug. 1 is the biggest expansion of the program since World War II, but the benefits are far from uniform, the AP reports. The new system determines the money a vet gets for college on a state-by-state basis. Full tuition is guaranteed at... More »

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veterans • higher education • US military • university • college tuition • GI Bill • benefits • Veterans Administration • state school

 Feds to Streamline 
 Infamous Financial Aid Form 

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

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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higher education • universities • colleges and universities • financial aid • Arne Duncan • FAFSA

 Spying 101: US Wants 
 Colleges to Train 007s 

Spying 101 plan aims to mold future intelligence officers

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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espionage • higher education • colleges and universities • spies • intelligence agencies

Colleges Consider Move
 to 3-Year Degrees

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

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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education • higher education • college • universities • college tuition • colleges and universities • college course

Computer Science School Tries to De-Geekify Students

Everyone majors in computer science

May 15, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - At Utah’s Neumont University, everyone majors in computer science and “geek” is a badge of honor, not an insult. But some at the school are worried that grads—though highly valued for their tech skills and nearly certain of landing jobs—might be lacking in other areas, the... More »

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higher education • Utah • computer games • geeks • computer science • Jay-ZTV • Neumont University

 Obama Kicks Off 
 Radical College 
 Aid Revamp 

The administration's goals are both ambitious and controversial

May 4, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s education proposals have taken a backseat to the economy and health care, but the changes he proposes in student lending are about to ignite a fierce lobbying battle, the Washington Post reports. Obama’s plan to move all federal funds for student lending to the Department of... More »

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education • Barack Obama • Department of Education • higher education • scholarship • Pell grants • college loans

  $70M in Anonymous Gifts 
 Spark Academic Whodunit 

Nearly $70 million given to colleges nationwide

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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higher education • anonymous • donor • colleges and universities • state colleges

 Facebook Users 
 Get Lower Grades 

Then again, non-users study 11-15 hours a week

Apr 14, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - College students who use Facebook are less likely to be crowing about their grades in status updates, according to a new study that found, perhaps unsurprisingly, that non-Facebooking students get significantly higher grades. The Facebook users all said in a survey that the site didn’t interfere with their study... More »

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social networking • study • higher education • Facebook • college • grades

opinion

 Spitzer: 
 How to Fix Student Loan Mess 

Peg students' payments to their income

Mar 4, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - In his latest Slate column, Eliot Spitzer shifts to education, with a solution on how to reform the student loan system. "We need to fix how Americans pay for higher education," writes the former New York governor. Rather than crippling loans that prevent bright graduates from pursuing worthy... More »

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student loans • higher education • Eliot Spitzer • Milton Friedman • President Obama

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