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college student stories: 59 news summaries

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Gap Year Gains Favor Among High School Graduates

Industry grows to help them put off college

Dec 30, 08 7:08 PM CST
(Newser) - As more high school graduates decide to take a so-called “gap-year” before college, a veritable industry has sprung up to offer these seekers advice on how to go about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. Given the increased popularity of a year off, which some educators advocate because... More »

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travel • college admissions • community service • gap year • college student • high school students • teenager

 Colleges Drop 
 SAT Bar for Jocks 

Athletes score 220 points lower on SAT than average classmate

Dec 29, 08 3:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Though athletes have long enjoyed a break on college admissions, new numbers on how far they lag behind other students on SAT scores have raised concerns of fairness. Nationwide, football jocks average 220 points lower on the SAT than their classmates at 54 universities studied by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Basketball... More »

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SAT • college admissions • athlete • universities • college sports • college student • athletic scholarships

'Jocks Only' Tutoring Centers Irk Others on Campus

Critics say investing in flashy, athletes-only centers is unfair to other students

Nov 29, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - Resentment is building as college athletic tutoring centers nationwide get bigger and flashier, the Chicago Tribune reports. Critics say that the multi-million-dollar, athletes-only centers should be open to all. Some suggest that, since the centers are generally funded and run by the athletic department, they create a conflict of interest;... More »

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NCAA football • higher education • athlete • universities • colleges and universities • college sports • college student

Student's Hefty Handbag Takes Bullet for Her 

Stuffed tote saves
life during struggle
with mugger

Nov 12, 08 1:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A 22-year-old Tennessee college student has her overstuffed, oversize handbag to thank for escaping unscathed from a struggle with an armed mugger, she tells NBC’s Today Show. After stealing her cell phone, the attacker fired at Elizabeth Pittenger from 4 feet away. The junk in her handbag—including an... More »

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crime • Tennessee • college student • handbag • mugging • bullet

 Colleges Face Dire 
 Cutbacks, Tuition Hikes  

Needy students may lose out as college funding models collapse

Nov 8, 08 7:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Colleges and universities around the country are facing budget shortfalls so steep they could change the way they do business forever, the New York Times reports. With endowments shriveling, state financing being slashed, the cost of debt rising, and donors scaling back, both public and private institutions are cutting staff,... More »

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

Credit Crisis Squeezes Student Loans

Families struggle to
pay college tuition as
loan market dries up

Oct 17, 08 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic downturn is hitting college students hard, the New York Times reports. Job losses and the disappearing loan market are strangling formerly robust family plans to foot college tuition fees. Private lenders, used by many students to fill the gap between federal aid and the total cost of college,... More »

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higher education • credit crisis • college tuition • colleges and universities • student loan authorities • college student • students • financial crisis

Forget Syllabi; Booze Fest Kicks Off St. Andrews' Year

At Prince William's alma mater Raisin Weekend a time of nudity, debauchery

Oct 14, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - If only these medieval walls could talk. Scotland's oldest university is seeping with tradition, but perhaps none as unexpected as Raisin Weekend, a two-day hazing festival with unclear roots that encourages "academic mothers" to booze up their "children"—who are then escorted to parties and, sometimes, into... More »

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Prince William • college student • hazing • University of St. Andrews • foam party • Raisin Weekend

College Dorm Rooms Go
to the Dogs

More campuses allow pets in hopes of
de-stressing students

Sep 24, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - College students have long been expert at sneaking everything from gerbils to puppies into their dorm rooms, but a number of schools have made furry residents official, reports USA Today. The pet-friendly movement's spread to more than a dozen campuses, where officials hope reducing the stress of college life and... More »

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pets • college dorms • dog • college student • cat • animal shelters

OPINION

 N. Korea: Not So 1984-Like 

Pyongyang could be 'Anytown, USA,' student writes

Sep 14, 08 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - When many Americans picture North Korea, they see “gulag and famine,” but what one student found was less 1984 and "more like the set of Austin Powers 4, minus the hot blondes.“ In fact, wandering Pyongyang revealed what could be “Anytown, USA,” free from... More »

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North Korea • Pyongyang • capitalism • college student

Prof Rips UCLA for 'Illegal' Race Admissions

School denies 'coverup' over rising number of black students

Aug 31, 08 4:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UCLA professor is accusing the school of admitting students based on race even though the practice remains illegal in California, the Los Angeles Times reports. Tim Groseclose resigned this week from an admissions committee and posted an 89-page report online accusing the university of a "coverup." "... More »

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African Americans • college admissions • UCLA • professor • college student

College Presidents Push
to Lower Drinking Age

Drinking at 18 will reduce binging at school, they argue

Aug 19, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Presidents of 100 prominent colleges are behind an effort to have the drinking age lowered, from 21 to 18, claiming that earlier experience of drinking younger will reduce students' binge drinking in college. Presidents of Duke, Dartmouth, Ohio State, Syracuse, Tufts and Colgate are among the campaign's supporters, AP... More »

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Duke University • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Ohio State University • Dartmouth College • college student • Colgate University • drinking age • acoholism • Syracuse • Middlebury College

 Textbook Revolution?
 Free and Paperless 

Pilot project offers hundreds of undergraduates content at no charge

Jul 17, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Murder Indictment Sought Against Amanda Knox

Seattle woman accused in death of British student in Italy

Jul 11, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(AP) - 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... More »

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

 College Uses Facebook to Police Student Parties

Seattle U cites warns students who break the rules

Jun 1, 08 6:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Recruiters Draw Students From Abroad, for a Price

Universities make more off international students; agents get kickbacks

May 11, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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

 Road to Ivy Paved
 With Rejection Letters 

Thin-letter notices reach students in record numbers

Apr 19, 08 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Keystone State Students Won't Boost Obama

Voter drive came too late to register them
as Democrats

Apr 6, 08 5:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

NDSU Prez Sorry About Obama Skit

Vows probe after student wears black makeup in racy sketch

Mar 29, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Colleges Apply Lessons From Shootings

Many rethink privacy concerns as they assess risky students

Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Police Charge 2 in UNC Murder 

Chapel Hill cops make first arrest, second is underway

Mar 12, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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