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  • July 2008

    • Textbook Revolution? Free and Paperless

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 17, 08 4:32 PM CDT

      Textbook Revolution? Free and Paperless

      The hefty cost of university textbooks now averages $900 per student each year, and financial aid can't be counted on to cover the expense. But starting in September, one publisher will be offering its textbooks online—for free, Time reports. "Nobody's satisfied with the status quo," said the founder of Flat World, a start-up with plans to shake up the $5.5 billion industry. More »

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      book  • college  • college student  • publishing  • financial aid  • online learning

    • Murder Indictment Sought Against Amanda Knox

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 11, 08 10:35 AM CDT

      Murder Indictment Sought Against Amanda Knox

      Prosecutors are seeking murder indictments against Amanda Knox and two other suspects in the death of the British college student who was Knox's roomate in Italy, the AP reports. Prosecutors in Perugia requested that Knox, 21, of Seattle; her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito; and Ivory Coast citizen Rudy Hermann Guede be tried in connection with the death of Meredith Kercher, who was strangled and stabbed in November. More »

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      murder  • Italy  • college student  • Meredith Kercher  • Amanda Knox  • Raffaele Sollecito  • Rudy Hermann Guede

  • June 2008

    • College Uses Facebook to Police Student Parties

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Jun 1, 08 6:56 PM CDT

      College Uses Facebook to Police Student Parties

      A Seattle school is tracking student parties through Facebook and threatening students who break the rules, the Seattle Times reports. Seattle University recently scrapped a party where men were to wear flipped-up collars, and women Victoria's Secret or Abercrombie and Fitch. "You will be held responsible" for hosting a party based on "gender bias," the school warned. More »

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      Seattle  • college student  • free speech  • Catholic education  • fraternity  • sororities  • parties

  • May 2008

    • Recruiters Draw Students From Abroad, for a Price

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 11, 08 3:46 PM CDT

      Recruiters Draw Students From Abroad, for a Price

      More American universities are using recruiting agents to draw foreign students, and those middlemen are reaping the benefits—from both sides. One Chinese student paid $3,000 to a company that "suggested Ohio University might be the best for me," unaware that OU pays the company a $1,000 commission per student, the New York Times reports. More »

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      China  • college student  • colleges and universities  • recruiting  • international study  • commissions

  • April 2008

    • Road to Ivy Paved With Rejection Letters

      newser  |  Austin American-Statesman  |  Apr 19, 08 3:31 PM CDT

      Road to Ivy Paved With Rejection Letters

      The dreaded thin letter from college admissions offices is cluttering mailboxes in record numbers this year, but you'd think the elite of the elite would be safe. Not so, reports the Austin American-Statesman , which talks to local top students, including one who capped his impressive high school record with perfect scores on his SAT and ACT but failed to sway Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, and others. More »

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      college  • university  • college student  • college admissions  • SAT  • high school students

    • Keystone State Students Won't Boost Obama

      newser  |  Politico  |  Apr 6, 08 5:46 PM CDT

      Keystone State Students Won't Boost Obama

      College kids' love for Barack Obama won't help him in the Keystone State, Politico reports. Many of Pennsylvania's 680,000 students hail from elsewhere and have voted absentee; among natives, a high number are Independent and therefore barred from the April 22 primary. Worse, attempts by Obama backers to enroll student voters may have come too late. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • Pennsylvania primary  • Pennsylvania  • college student  • young voters

  • March 2008

    • NDSU Prez Sorry About Obama Skit

      newser  |  In-Forum  |  Mar 29, 08 5:44 PM CDT

      NDSU Prez Sorry About Obama Skit

      North Dakota State University apologized yesterday for a student skit that depicted Barack Obama in black face paint, the Forum reports. A white student in the sorority sketch wore makeup and an Afro wig to portray the hopeful; he received a lap dance while two students simulated sex and ripped an Obama sign in half. “The students’ actions were entirely unacceptable," said school president Joseph Chapman. More »

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      Barack Obama  • election 2008  • racism  • college student  • racist

    • Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT

      Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

      In the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month. More »

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      murder  • privacy  • Virginia Tech shootings  • college student  • law enforcement  • threats  • secrecy  • mental problems

    • Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 12, 08 7:33 PM CDT

      Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder

      Police in North Carolina have charged two men with the murder of a UNC student whose death drew national attention, the AP reports. One suspect, a 21-year-old, is in custody while the other, a 17-year-old, remains at large. Eve Carson, student body president at UNC-Chapel Hill, was found shot to death last week. Police did not disclose a motive; the two suspects are not UNC students. More »

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      murder  • shooting  • North Carolina  • college student  • Durham  • University of North Carolina  • Chapel Hill  • Eve Carson  • UNC Chapel Hill

    • Café-Loving Kids Cash In on Laptop Ads

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Mar 12, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Caf&eacute;-Loving Kids Cash In on Laptop Ads

      A German company has a solution for university students who spend their time in cafés and need extra cash for coffee: laptop advertisements, Der Spiegel reports. Just slap a sticker on the back of your screen and you could earn $320 for a few months of public studying. Berlin-based Smaboo has 1,200 students hawking its clients' products in 30 German cities. More »

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      Germany  • advertising  • Berlin  • college student  • laptop  • advertisements  • cafes

    • Spring Breakers Party Stateside

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 10, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Spring Breakers Party Stateside

      More spring breakers are sipping their Coronas domestically this year, the AP reports. Mexico is a staple hotspot, but widespread reports of drug wars in border towns and tightened security at US entry points have convinced many college vacationers to remain stateside. In places like Texas's South Padre Island, students are skipping the usual excursions to nearby Matamoros. More »

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      Texas  • Mexico  • drugs  • college  • vacation  • college student  • spring break  • South Padre Island

    • OMG! Parents Friend Kids on Facebook

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 9, 08 6:00 AM CDT

      OMG! Parents Friend Kids on Facebook

      What to do when their father starts talking about “getting poked" is a question many high school and college kids are asking themselves these days. It's a modern-day dilemma: Do teens allow their folks into their friends network on Facebook and grant them access to blogs, photos, and messages? Parents are increasingly seeking oversight and entrée into their children’s digital world, the Washington Post reports—and many kids aren’t all right with that. More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • online privacy  • high school  • parents  • college student  • Internet freedom

    • Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

      newser  |  News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Mar 8, 08 8:00 PM CST

      Police Issue Pics in UNC Probe

      Police issued photos today of a "person of interest" in the killing of UNC-Chapel Hill student president Eve Carson, the News and Observer reports. The ATM camera shots show a black man, about 20, who used Carson's bank card and may have been driving her Toyota Highlander. "This is our biggest break so far in this case," said the police chief in Chapel Hill, NC. More »

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      murder  • investigation  • surveillance  • college student  • ATM  • security cameras  • Eve Carson  • UNC Chapel Hill  • police hunt

  • February 2008
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  • September 2007

    • Colleges Don’t Care if Kids Can Write

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Sep 20, 07 3:57 PM CDT

      Colleges Don&rsquo;t Care if Kids Can Write

      The hours and dollars spent on SAT writing preparation might be for naught, the Boston Globe reports, as 56% of four-year colleges don’t even use the newest section of the aptitude test. Skeptics find fuel in a study showing that big words were all it took to achieve near-perfect scores. "These aren't higher-level learning measures," one admissions officer says. More »

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      college  • MIT  • university  • college student  • SAT  • writing  • Georgetown University  • Smith College

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