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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

OPINION

 Big Pharma
 Sickens Universities 

It's too easy for drug companies to skirt lax academic regulations

Jun 22, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Grueling Gaokao Tests
 China's College Seekers

Dreaded university entrance exam covers 12 years of study

Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Facebook, MySpace Derail Alumni Magazines

New generations of grads find keeping in touch easier over web

Jun 2, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

US Axes Fulbrights for 8 Palestinians

Israel won't let the students leave Gaza
to study abroad

May 30, 08 6:17 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Dorm Rooms Go Coed 

Sexes sharing a room no biggie, students say

May 3, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 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

Top Colleges Report Record Low Rates of Admission

Harvard accepts just 7% of applicants

Apr 1, 08 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Acceptance letters from the nation's top colleges will begin to arrive on prospective students' doorsteps today, but far more rejection letters are in the mail than ever before, reports the New York Times. Harvard and Yale accepted only 7.1% and 8.3% of applicants, respectively, both record lows... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • college • university • Dartmouth • Harvard • college applications

 Silicon Valley Unplugs 
 for Meetings 

Companies go 'topless' to boost employees' attention

Mar 31, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of competing for attention with iPhones, BlackBerrys and laptops, some Silicon Valley companies are banning them from meetings. One exec calls it going "topless," short for laptopless, and the Los Angeles Times reports that it's boosting some companies' efficiency. "Aside from just being rude," an... More »

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technology • Internet • iPhone • Facebook • BlackBerry • university • laptop • classroom • computer • Internet addiction • Internet access • meetings

$100K Virginia Tech Offer Slammed as 'Insult' to Victims

Proposed settlement aims to head off lawsuits over university massacre

Mar 25, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The state of Virginia is offering $100,000 to each family of the 32 students and teachers killed by a lone gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre, the Virginian-Pilot reports. If accepted, the settlement would prevent families from suing the state for negligence. One attorney called the offer "for... More »

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Virginia Tech • Seung-Hui Cho • university • school shooting • Virginia • lawsuit • PTSD

Diploma Drop to Make College Entry Easier

Slump in high school grad numbers will
spark 'buyers market'

Mar 9, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students will find college entry far easier in coming years as the number of high school graduates falls, the New York Times reports. The annual US grad count is expected to peak at around 2.9 million in the next year or two, and then slump until 2015. “For... More »

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African Americans • college admissions • college • university • student • Hispanic • high school students • college applications

Credit Crunch Ups Price of College Loans

Federal, private lenders will raise rates, increase rejections

Mar 3, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Even as college costs soar, the credit crunch is about to make student loans more expensive—and tougher to come by. Fees for federally guaranteed loans, which offer below-market rates, are expected to rise, and some states have dropped out of the program. At least a dozen private firms have... More »

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education • debt • college • university • credit crisis • subprime crisis • college costs • student debt • federal loans • Stafford loan

Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

Donation to Berkeley
is largest ever for classified-ad giant

Jan 18, 08 8:44 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Gunmen Injure
8 After Chavez Protest Rally

Hooded thugs open fire on students returning from Caracas march

Nov 8, 07 6:18 AM CST
(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... More »

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

At Old School, New Tricks

Undergrads moonlight as hookers, strippers, and essay writers
to foot tuition

Oct 10, 07 2:35 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Colleges Don’t Care if Kids
Can Write

At least on the SAT, where you may need only write long words

Sep 20, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

15-Year-Old Frosh Enters UPenn

Sep 3, 07 3:33 PM CDT
(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... More »

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education • college • university • University of Pennsylvania • Brittney Exline • mathematics

Has Wiki Replaced the College Library?

Not quite: Undergrads still turn to more
traditional sources

Aug 25, 07 3:46 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

West Virginia U.
Ranks 1st—in Fun

Princeton Review dons a toga and lists the top party schools

Aug 21, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students are knocking back celebratory shots and administrators are tearing their hair over the Princeton Review's annual list of the top 20 party schools. The full list appears in the 2008 edition of The Best 366 Colleges, on sale today.
  1. West Virginia University
  2. University of Mississippi
  3. University
... More »

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college rankings • binge drinking • list • University of Florida • college • university • drinking • West Virginia Mountaineers • Princeton Review • West Virginia University • University of Mississippi • University of Texas Austin • University of Georgia • Indiana University

Princeton Wins
College Rankings
for 8th Year

Annual survey comes under increasing fire for favoring the rich

Aug 17, 07 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facing a barrage of criticism, the latest college rankings from U.S. News and World Report were released today, and Princeton is still No.1, followed by Harvard and Yale. The editors have tried to address complaints about the survey's bias toward schools that educate the well-to-do and the well-prepared.... More »

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education • Princeton University • Yale University • college admissions • college rankings • school • college • university • Harvard

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