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Court Limits Student Speech

High Court decides 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' case in favor of buzz-kill principal

Reuters Reuters Jun 25, 07 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Schools may limit student speech that advocates criminal activity, even off campus, the Supreme Court ruled today. The case centers on a banner reading "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" displayed across the street from a school; writing for the 5-4 majority, Chief Justice Roberts said the school principal's understanding of the banner as encouraging drug use was "plainly a reasonable one." More »

More about:  US Supreme Court • student • John Roberts • free speech • First Amendment

Sallie Mae
Chief Quits

Equity firm pressured loan giant CEO to step down, ease buyout

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal May 23, 07 5:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of student loan giant Sallie Mae resigned unexpectedly yesterday in the midst of a $25 billion buyout by a private equity firm. The Wall Street Journal reports that Thomas J. Fitzpatrick was pressured out to stave off Congressional criticism of the buyout by J.C. Flowers and Co, which is taking the company private. The lender's CFO will take his place. More »

More about:  acquisition • private equity • merger • student • loans • student loans • Sallie Mae • J.C. Flowers and Co

African Colleges Fail
a Generation

Underfunded and overcrowded, promising universities begin to buckle

New York Times New York Times May 19, 07 9:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once a beacon of hope for the world's poorest continent, Africa's colleges are collapsing under the weight of too many students and too little cash, the Sunday Times reports. At Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, students are packed into overcrowded dorms and classrooms, labs are dilapidated, and qualified teachers consider leaving for greener towers overseas. More »

More about:  Africa • education • college • school • student

Ivy League Logjam
Trickles Down

Applications—and rejections—up at second-tier colleges

New York Times New York Times May 16, 07 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Top-tier colleges are getting more applicants than ever, the Times reports, allowing a new class of schools to court—and reject—the overachievers increasingly turned away from the Ivy League. Universities like Bucknell, Colgate and Lehigh are tightening standards as students with top SATs and grades seek higher learning lower in the rankings. More »

More about:  student • university • college admissions • Ivy League • admission

German Students Do Full Monty  

Nude calendars raise cash for charities, protests

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel May 9, 07 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - German students are capitalizing on their assets—nude calendars, raising money for charities and better conditions on campus, are all the rage. While some of the calendars have a whimsical feel, professional photographers have gotten in on the action, too. But "they work primarily with sports students, who tend to have somewhat more toned physique," Der Spiegel reports. More »

More about:  Germany • student • photography • nudity • calendars

Bush Officials Killed Proposal For Student Loan Reform

Education Department under Bush is cozy with the loan industry, critics say

Washington Post Washington Post May 1, 07 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bush officials killed a proposal to clamp down on sleazy practices in the student loan industry in 2001, the Washington Post reports. The proposals, drafted under Clinton and circulated to the Bush team, was aimed at curbing the kind of abuses now being investigated, in which loan companies pay universities to help get students' business. More »

More about:  money • college • student • university • reform • student loans • Department of Education

Russia Locks Down Foreign Students

Fear violence by skinheads celebrating Hitler's birthday

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Apr 20, 07 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moscow’s top medical school is urging 2,000 foreign students to stay indoors for the next three days, citing an annual surge in attacks by skinheads around Aprll 20—Hitler’s birthday. The lockdown of non-native students is a preventative effort in response to a rise in xenophobic violence in Russia. More »

More about:  Russia • violence • student • Moscow • xenophobia

Students Brew Coffee Addiction

Docs abuzz over teens’ growing
use and abuse of stimulants

US News and World Report US News and World Report Apr 16, 07 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Overworked kids are hopping up more and more on lattes and macchiatos, as well as even dodgier stimulants, according to U.S. News. Coffee consumption among 18- to 24-year-olds  has nearly doubled in three years, while increasingly popular energy drinks like Red Bull and the shockingly christened Cocaine pack multiple cups of java into a few ounces. More »

More about:  college • coffee • student • caffeine • psychiatry • ADHD • Adderall • energy drink • stimulant

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