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  • August 2008

    • More Students Are Seeking Financial Aid

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Aug 11, 08 12:10 CDT

      More Students Are Seeking Financial Aid

      (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 to keep up with the increase, in turn forcing more students to look to loans. More »

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      college  • university  • student loans  • financial aid

  • July 2008

    • Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

      Time  |  Jul 24, 08 8:02 CDT

      Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

      (Newser) - Northwestern University’s law school will offer its JD program, normally a 3-year commitment, in 2 years, a move designed to increase the school's competitive edge and respond to critics who say students with jobs lined up coast through their final year. Northwestern isn't pioneering the approach, but as the first top-tier school to offer a shortened program, other elite universities may follow, Time reports. More »

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      education  • university  • lawyer  • Northwestern University  • law school  • graduation

    • In the Facebook Era, Colleges Are Dropping Yearbooks

      Economist  |  Jul 5, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      In the Facebook Era, Colleges Are Dropping Yearbooks

      (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 as two colleges that have canned the tradition; others have cut print runs dramatically.  More »

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      Facebook  • MySpace  • college  • university  • online data storage

  • June 2008

    • Big Pharma Sickens Universities

      Chronicle of Higher Education  |  Jun 22, 08 6:07 CDT

      Big Pharma Sickens Universities

      (Newser) - Weak legislation allows professors to collect huge under-the-table payments from Big Pharma, and it’s time to fight back, Dan Greenberg writes in the Chronicle of Higher Education . Pharmaceutical companies pay professors to shill drugs and lend their names to industry research, and the only oversight is an honor-system mechanism requiring profs to report outside income to the university—not to a federal agency. More »

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      ethics  • pharmaceutical companies  • university  • pharmaceutical industry  • academia  • pharma  • academic research

    • Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      Slate  |  Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT

      Grueling Gaokao Tests China's College Seekers

      (Newser) - At least 10 million high school students in China are taking the grueling gaokao , or "high test," to win a coveted spot at college. It’s a two-day ordeal that covers everything students have learned for a dozen years. It also shuts down neighborhoods, redirects traffic, and determines which kids grab the 5.7 million university openings available in 2009. More »

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      China  • economy  • education  • university  • Chinese economy  • tests  • educational testing

    • Facebook, MySpace Derail Alumni Magazines

      New York Times  |  Jun 2, 08 2:05 CDT

      Facebook, MySpace Derail Alumni Magazines

      (Newser) - Once upon a time, the college alumni magazine was an invaluable resource. Keeping up on old friends and enemies was as easy as flipping to the “class notes” section. But that once-mighty column now looks antiquated next to the constant updates offered on Facebook or MySpace, and it’s forcing colleges to rethink their business model, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Facebook  • social networking  • MySpace  • college  • university  • universities  • alumni

  • May 2008

    • US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      New York Times  |  May 30, 08 6:17 AM CDT

      US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

      (Newser) - Eight Palestinians have had their Fulbright scholarships taken away because Israel won't grant them visas to leave the Gaza Strip, reports the New York Times. Israel has isolated Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory last year. The State Department has allocated the prestigious scholarships to students the West Bank instead, to avoid losing them, the AP reports, and the Gaza students have been advised to apply again next year. More »

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      Israel  • Hamas  • Gaza  • State Department  • university  • Palestinians  • scholarship  • scholar

    • Dorm Rooms Go Coed

      Associated Press  |  May 3, 08 2:45 CDT

      Dorm Rooms Go Coed

      (Newser) - Parents who schooled in same-sex dorms are surprised to hear that their kids are sharing coed college rooms, the AP reports. About two dozen schools—including Brown, Penn, and Oberlin—allow the practice, and more are following suit this year, including Stanford. Schools say coed dorm users are usually heterosexual and happen to like living with a friend of the opposite sex. More »

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      student  • university  • higher education  • colleges and universities  • college dorms

  • April 2008
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  • January 2008

    • Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jan 18, 08 8:44 CST

      Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

      (Newser) - Internet mainstay Craigslist is giving $1.6 million to help the University of California-Berkeley set up a faculty chair devoted to new media, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The gift will help create a setting "where scholars and students can explore the powerful effect of new media and think rigorously about how new media will continue to change our lives," Berkeley's chancellor said. More »

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      California  • university  • donation  • Craigslist  • UC Berkeley  • endowment  • new media

  • November 2007

    • Gunmen Injure 8 After Chavez Protest Rally

      Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 6:18 AM CST

      Gunmen Injure 8 After Chavez Protest Rally

      (Newser) - A band of hooded gunmen opened fire and tossed tear gas cannisters into a crowd of college students returning yesterday from a massive rally protesting President Hugo Chavez' policies. At least eight were injured, but no one was killed, AP reports. Panicked students raced through campus as ambulances arrived. Students had led a peaceful march of 80,000 to protest Chavez' constitutional proposals that would abolish presidential term limits and expand his powers. More »

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      protests  • Venezuela  • Hugo Chavez  • student  • university  • National Guard

  • October 2007

    • At Old School, New Tricks

      Varsity  |  Oct 10, 07 2:35 CDT

      At Old School, New Tricks

      (Newser) - Cambridge University students who turn tricks, strip, and sell essays to pay their rising tuition costs have Britain atwitter, following a student newspaper's exposé. One undergrad slept with 40 to 50 men in a space of two months, counting other students among her clients, reports Varsity, duly noting that hundreds of Cambridge students have profiles on an escort site. More »

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      prostitution  • university  • Cambridge

  • September 2007

    • Colleges Don’t Care if Kids Can Write

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 20, 07 3:57 CDT

      Colleges Don’t Care if Kids Can Write

      (Newser) - 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

    • 15-Year-Old Frosh Enters UPenn

      Associated Press  |  Sep 3, 07 3:33 CDT

      15-Year-Old Frosh Enters UPenn

      (Newser) - Brittney Exline is just 15, but Wednesday she begins her Ivy League career at UPenn. The Colorado Springs native started sixth grade at age 8, and finished high school math at 13, the AP reports. "Her motivation, discipline and maturity provided clear evidence that, despite her age, she was ready to travel halfway across the country and thrive," said an admissions dean. More »

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      education  • college  • university  • mathematics  • University of Pennsylvania

  • August 2007

    • Has Wiki Replaced the College Library?

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 25, 07 3:46 CDT

      Has Wiki Replaced the College Library?

      (Newser) - Contrary to expectations, college students are not rushing online for answers to research assignments. A new survey shows only 3% of undergraduates with research tasks went to Wikipedia first and only 13% tried search engines. The largest number, 40%,  turned to course materials first and 23% sought out the library. More »

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      college  • research  • student  • Wikipedia  • university  • college student  • libraries

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