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August 2008
- Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - How much you make correlates with where you went to school, a new study finds. Bachelor’s degree holders’ salaries grow at the same rate over the first decade of their careers regardless of the school, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Ivy League graduates’ median starting salary is 32% higher than that of liberal arts grads, a disparity sustained at 34% 10 years into their careers. More »
July 2008
- Florida's #1 Again ... as Top Party School
  
  Associated Press | Jul 28, 08 7:50 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - The University of Florida can raise a glass to another national title—best party school in the country. The Gators, known for wild celebrations following national championships in football and basketball, wrested the party title away from West Virginia University and beat out the University of Mississippi and Penn State University, in the Princeton Review survey of 120,000 students released today. More »
- Double Dutch Made NYC School Sport
  
  Associated Press | Jul 27, 08 2:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - New York City schools will offer a new sport this spring: competitive double dutch jump-roping. The first school district to start official teams has done so in recognition of the sport's popularity among the city's youth—and to promote fitness, AP reports. "It's something that builds stamina," explains one coach who expects tryouts to be mobbed. More »
- Does Surfing Equal Reading?
  
  New York Times | Jul 27, 08 2:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As kids spend more time on the internet and less time reading books, a debate is raging over whether online reading is as educational as the traditional kind, the New York Times reports. While the Web allows readers to quickly gobble up multiple perspectives and information, some experts worry that the internet-obsessed are hurting their intellectual development—which they believe is demonstrated by falling test scores. More »
- Where to Get Your JD, ASAP
  
  Time | 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 first top-tier school to offer a shortened program, other elite universities may follow, Time reports. More »
- Girls=Boys in Math, Says Study
  
  San Jose Mercury News | 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 our culture—that say males have a superior aptitude for figuring. More »

Stories

Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

Florida's #1 Again ... as Top Party School

Double Dutch Made NYC School Sport

Does Surfing Equal Reading?

Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

Girls=Boys in Math, Says Study