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 UCSC Tree-Sitters 
 Hold Their Perches 

Protesters refuse to budge, despite truce with UC Berkeley

Sep 11, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - UC Berkeley’s tree-sitters may have surrendered their perches earlier this week, but demonstrators at UC Santa Cruz are not ready to give up their redwood-saving fight. The activists, nearing the 1-year anniversary of their protest, suspect the university will cut down trees before classes begin in two weeks, but... More »

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UC Berkeley • college • UC Santa Cruz • protesters • tree-sitters • redwoods • environmentalists

 Colleges Adding Meow to Mix 

MIT among higher-ed bastions allowing students to keep cats in dorms

Sep 9, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Colleges around the country are warming up to furry friends, the Boston Globe reports. MIT is in the vanguard, offering as an example its 8-year-old program that allows student-vetted felines to live in certain dorms. "They can really lighten the mood,” one senior says, “especially when students... More »

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pets • MIT • college • college dorms • cat • undergraduates

 Palin Changed Colleges 6 Times 

VP hopeful zig-zagged from Idaho to Hawaii to Alaska over 6 years

Sep 5, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(AP) - Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to have switched colleges at least six times in 6 years, including two stints at the University of Idaho before she graduated from there in 1987. Palin and three friends went to the University of Hawaii at Hilo after graduation from high school in... More »

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Alaska • college • university • Idaho • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate

College Peddles Bike Program
to Go Green

Wis. school offers freshmen free cycles
for no-car pledge

Aug 28, 08 8:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incoming freshmen are jumping on a Wisconsin college’s offer of a brand-new bike in return for leaving their cars at home, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Ripon College aims to save parking spots, and perhaps the planet, with its Velorution Project. The initiative, one newly minted student cyclist says,... More »

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Wisconsin • college • bikes • campus • cars • Ripon College

 Greener Colleges 
 Take Pass on 
 Cafeteria Trays 

Environmental effort has some students complaining about inconvenience

Aug 25, 08 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Campus cafeterias across the US are phasing out lunch trays, but the move has some students feeling, ahem, de-trayed, the AP reports. The point is to conserve dishwashing water and reduce food waste by discouraging huge piles of food, though hungry scholars say it’s not worth it. "I'll... More »

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environment • college • cafeteria

More Students Are Seeking Financial Aid

16% jump in requests for tuition help as economy slumps

Aug 11, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A soaring number of students are requesting financial aid as a result of the country’s economic downturn, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Some 8.9 million students filed for federal aid in the first half of this year—up 16.3% from last year. Many public universities are struggling... More »

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student loans • college • university • financial aid

OPINION

 Teen TV That Flunked College

10 shows that fizzled after high school

Aug 6, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heading off to university is typically viewed as an accomplishment, but one blog contends that most TV shows tank when their characters take this major life step. College on the Record lists the top 10 series muddled by matriculation:
  1. Boy Meets World
  2. Saved by the Bell: The College Years
... More »

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television • high school • college • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • 90210

 Unschooled Keira
 Driven to Prove
 Her Smarts

Star has 'chip on shoulder' after she skipped university

Aug 3, 08 8:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oscar nominations? Check. Intelligent, literary roles? Check. College education? Not so much. “I am completely uneducated,” Keira Knightley told the Daily Telegraph, which “leaves you with a slight chip on your shoulder.” To battle intellectual insecurity, the Atonement star, who is dyslexic and dropped out... More »

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education • Pirates of the Caribbean • college • Atonement • movies • Keira Knightley • dyslexia

Struggling College Students Turn to Food Banks

Soaring cost of staples drive students to charity pantries

Jul 26, 08 6:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - With some groceries costing 30% more this year, food banks have surprising new customers: college students. About 150 visit a Seattle food pantry each week, up 25% from last year, while a Denver college food program has seen its numbers double. "With things the way they are, a lot... More »

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college • food prices • food banks • college costs • food stamps

 Girls=Boys in Math, Says Study

Gender gap discovered in the 1970s has been closed, researchers say

Jul 24, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Girls are just as good as boys at math, says an exhaustive study of 7 million test scores from elementary through high school students, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The findings, to be published tomorrow in Science, are at odds with 30-year-old studies—and a view entrenched in... More »

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high school • college • test score • gender gap • gender stereotypes • scientific study • mathematics

Giuliani's Son Sues Duke in Golf Dismissal

Andrew, 22, scratched from team without warning, suit contends

Jul 24, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew has filed suit against Duke University to protest his dismissal from the school’s golf team, the New York Post reports. Giuliani’s suit contends he was kicked off the team with no warning. Coach OD Vincent said Giuliani threw golf clubs around, disrespected a... More »

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Rudy Giuliani • Duke University • golf • college • lawsuit • coach • Andrew Giuliani

Credit Crunch Squeezes Student Loans

As private funds dry up, families look to feds to pay for college tuition

Jul 23, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The slump in the credit markets has shrunk capital available to brokers of student loans, complicating the already-difficult task of financing a college education. The Boston Globe relates the story of one Massachusetts family, the Ferragutos, who received word this year from the state’s education finance agency informing them... More »

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student loans • college • credit market • credit crisis • private lenders • college tuition • Stafford loan

 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

 UK Immigration Rules
 Would Exclude
 This Man 

Without college degree, Gates wouldn't qualify for visa aimed to bring skilled labor

Jul 16, 08 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Strict new immigration rules aimed at attracting highly skilled workers to Britain would keep tech icons Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell from getting top-tier visas, Bloomberg notes, because they don't have college degrees. "It's a dumbing-down,'' one opponent says. "If you're a 20-something American with... More »

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immigration • Steve Jobs • Bill Gates • immigration reform • Gordon Brown • college • Michael Dell • Britain • skilled labor • college graduates

Gas Prices Produce Spike in Online Classes

Students prefer classrooms, but not commute to campus

Jul 11, 08 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of American students have begun to take college courses over the Internet in response to rising fuel costs, writes the New York Times. Universities across the country have seen enrollment in online classes spike—some more than 50 to 100%—with the biggest jumps at 2-year community colleges, where... More »

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Internet • college • gas prices • online courses • colleges and universities

In the Facebook Era, Colleges Are Dropping Yearbooks

Schools shut down tradition as online networks take over

Jul 5, 08 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next generation of college graduates will have to rely on MySpace and Facebook to recall the good times and look up old friends, for the era of the yearbook is drawing to a close. With hardbound copies costing up to $75, the Economist cites Purdue University and nearby DePauw... More »

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MySpace • Facebook • college • university • online data storage

 Most Lucrative College Majors 

Computer engineering tops list for grads seeking quick cash

Jun 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - College students looking for fast cash after graduation should study computer engineering, Forbes reports. Here are the most lucrative college majors, with salaries for beginners and veterans alike:
  • Computer engineering ($60,500-$104,000)
  • Economics ($48,000-$96,200)
  • Electrical engineering ($59,900-$96,100)
  • Computer science ($54,200-$94,000)
  • Mechanical
... More »

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economics • finance • college • psychology • engineering • mathematics • college graduates

 Inside Academia,
 Subtler Sexism 

Women cite 'deeply entrenched inequities' on tough path at research universities 

Jun 15, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gender discrimination at research universities is surely much better than it was in decades past, but a study based on interviews of female faculty finds that sexism remains on campus, Inside Higher Ed reports. While overt shows of bias are rare, a host of subtler, “deeply entrenched inequities” have... More »

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higher education • sexism • college • academia • gender discrimination • gender bias

Cold Case 101: College Sleuths Try Their Hands

Holloway, Levy cases among high-profile whodunits for students

Jun 11, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A college club is using cold cases to instruct criminal-justice students in techniques of investigation—and perhaps uncover that crucial piece of evidence missed by police, CNN reports. The Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, counting students at three Southern schools, uses high-profile cases like Natalee Holloway and Chandra Levy, to... More »

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investigation • murder • Natalee Holloway • college • cold cases • criminal justice • criminal investigation • Chandra Levy

Colbert to Princeton Grads: 'Don't Change the World'

TV personality bestows singular words of wisdom on Ivy Leaguers

Jun 3, 08 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - As every college speaker does, Stephen Colbert reminded Princeton’s seniors at today's Class Day ceremony that they have the power to “change the world,” the Daily Princetonian reports. But unlike other speakers, Colbert added: please don’t do that. “Some of us like it the way... More »

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Princeton University • higher education • college • Stephen Colbert • Princeton • college seniors

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