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(Newser) - While many schools struggle to entice new students in hard times, one is receiving more applications and higher-caliber resumes. How does Berea College in Kentucky do it? By offering free tuition, Time reports. Founded in 1855, Berea demands that all 1,530 students work 10 hours a week or more... More »

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Bankers Leave Street in Rear View; Head for Academia 

Execs take teaching jobs amid crisis

Apr 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the financial tornado buffeting Wall Street, some of its leading figures are ditching their careers for work in academia, Time reports. Merrill Lynch’s former president is teaching at Yale; Citigroup’s former merger boss headed to Berkeley; a onetime Goldman Sachs exec is now at Harvard. “It’... More »

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 Playboy Names 
 Miami Top 
 Party School 

Runners-up: Texas, San Diego State, Florida

Apr 17, 09 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Promising to make the ranking an annual tradition, Playboy today named its top 10 US party schools, using an algorithm weighing hot temperatures, guy-girl ratio, empty rooms available for sex, and even GPA. “Think of this as a BCS rating, but unlike the BCS we welcome your input,”... More »

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University of Florida • college • university • University of Arizona • University of Texas Austin • University of Miami • parties • Playboy • San Diego State University • party schools

(Newser) - College students in 2008 carried an average of $3,173 in credit card debt, a huge jump from 4 years earlier, USA Today reports. A Sallie Mae study, when conducted in 2004, revealed an average balance of just $2,169. When students “can’t get private loans, they... More »

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education • university • recession • credit card • college tuition • college student • student debt • expenses

College Towns See Lower Unemployment

Many boast unemployment rates far below national average

Mar 24, 09 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you’re stymied by the tough job market, set your sights near a university: three of the six metropolitan areas with unemployment under 4% are college towns, and other academic havens boast unemployment numbers far below the 8.5% national rate. “We’re hurting for people,” an... More »

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employment • college • university • West Virginia University • job

Liverpool University Offers First Masters in Beatles-ology

University provides ticket to write thesis on Fab Four

Mar 4, 09 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - A university in the Fab Four's hometown is offering students on the long and winding road to a college degree a chance to take their master's in Beatles studies, reports Reuters. Liverpool Hope University says the "Beatles, Popular Music and Society" degree course is the first of its kind... More »

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Nonprofits Look to Change Rules on Endowments

Meltdown forces tough choice: present survival or future value?

Feb 11, 09 7:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Nonprofits reeling from the market meltdown's impact on their investments are pushing to be allowed to tap endowment funds, many of which are off-limits because they've lost value, reports the Wall Street Journal. At issue is the balance between surviving the current crisis and spending funds that can never... More »

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philanthropy • higher education • museum • college • university • charity • nonprofit • Brandeis • endowment • financial crisis

More Students Get Fix From Study Drugs

Adderall, Ritalin used
to boost concentration despite health risks

Feb 7, 09 2:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Attention-deficit disorder drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin are gaining popularity on college campuses as an easy way for students to knuckle down, NPR reports. The drugs offer a “perfect kind of transition into a study mentality,” says one student, and can make work more pleasurable. But they’... More »

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Adderall • drug addiction • study • college • university • prescription drugs • student • drug abuse • Ritalin

 Now Brandeis May Close
 Museum, Keep Art 

But university president insists that museum will have to close

Jan 29, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - In the face of universal shock and disapproval, Brandeis University has backpedaled on its plan to sell 6,000 works of modern art—but it will go ahead with its plan to close its museum. At a meeting with about 200 students, the university's president said that a sharp drop... More »

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Mass. AG Will Probe Brandeis Museum Sale

Art world condemns decision to close gallery, sell collection

Jan 28, 09 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The Massachusetts attorney general announced a probe into Brandeis University's shock decision to shut its modern art museum and sell off the entire 6,000-work collection. Brandeis did not consult the AG's office or even the museum's board, and wills and agreements between the Rose Art Museum and its donors... More »

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art museum • art • modern art • university • Jasper Johns • Brandeis • Robert Storr

 'Green' Tops 2008's 
 Most Annoying Terms 

'Maverick,' 'staycation,' and 'game-changer' also make appearances

Jan 1, 09 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Did you get your fill of mavericks this year? Or companies claiming to go green? Those words made Lake Superior State University’s list of the most overused words and phrases of 2008, the AP reports. Other annoying winners:
  • Carbon footprint
  • First dude
  • Bailout
  • Wall Street, in comparison with
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list • university • vocabulary • neologisms • slang • 2008

Want to Get Into College?
Try These Student Tips

College freshmen share their lessons about admissions success

Nov 30, 08 9:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Applications continue to flood into top US colleges despite the economic slowdown. With admissions as competitive as ever, the Wall Street Journal talks to six people who know—college freshmen—and asks for their advice:
  • Don't let naysayers deter you from your dream school: "It pays off to
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(Newser) - A British university is making a political stand as it teaches students how to survive in outer space, the Guardian reports. The University of Leicester has hired NASA shuttle veteran Jeff Hoffman to lead a new course on how to become an astronaut, despite the UK government's ban on manned... More »

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Even Harvard, With $37B in Bank, Is Tightening Belt

President warns of budgetary reshuffling

Nov 11, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Even its $36.9 billion endowment (as of June, that is) won't protect Harvard, the nation's richest university, from feeling the effects of the financial crisis, its president said yesterday. Drew Faust said cost savings would be in order, though specific plans aren’t settled, the Harvard Crimson reports. One... More »

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(Newser) - Sweet sixteen is the right time to leave high school and leap into higher education, New Hampshire education officials say. Following advice from a blue-ribbon panel that warned of America's educational decline 2 years ago, the state plans to test 10th graders with tough new exams. Those who pass can... More »

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2 Killed in Arkansas
Campus Shooting

One wounded outside dorm

Oct 27, 08 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two students were killed and one wounded in gunfire outside a dorm at the University of Central Arkansas last night, CNN reports. One person has been detained in the shooting, but no arrests have been made. “At this time we do have some pretty good leads,” police said.... More »

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UK University Helps Students Learn Ways of the Jedi

Prof explores 'wider issues behind the Star Wars universe;' light saber not included

Sep 11, 08 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The force will now be with university students: Queen’s University in Belfast is offering a new course on Jedi knights that it hopes will impart universal lessons to students, be they fans of Star Wars or not, the Telegraph reports. The one-day class, entitled “Feel the Force: How... More »

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 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

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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Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

Northwestern to join ranks of universities offering 2-year law degree program

Jul 24, 08 8:02 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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