1 of 2 grads jobless or underemployed

1 of 2 grads jobless or underemployed
MSNBC.COM: TOP HEADLINES | APRIL 23, 2012
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While there's strong demand in science, education and health fields, arts and humanities flounder. Recent grads are anxious and fearful. ... Read more

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More universities charging more tuition for harder majors

More universities charging more tuition for harder majors
USATODAY.COM FEED | APRIL 24, 2012
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More public universities are charging higher tuition for math, science and business programs, which they argue cost more to ... Read more

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Cooper Union Will Charge Tuition for Graduate Students

Cooper Union Will Charge Tuition for Graduate Students
NYT > EDUCATION | APRIL 24, 2012
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As the college searches for a way out of a deepening financial hole, it will also expand graduate and other programs to ... Read more

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Report Slams Community Colleges

Report Slams Community Colleges
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | APRIL 21, 2012
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By David Wessel In an occasionally scorching report, a commission on the future of community colleges criticized the two-year institutions... Read more

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Binghamton Halts Pledging Amid Hazing Concerns

Binghamton Halts Pledging Amid Hazing Concerns
NYT > EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS | APRIL 19, 2012
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The public college said it was responding to a rising number of complaints about pledge activity at fraternities and ... Read more

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Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle

Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle
NYT > EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS | APRIL 20, 2012
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President Obama is pushing to retain a low interest rate for student loans, but Republicans counter that such a move is a ... Read more

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College Students Opening Up Conversations About Sex

College Students Opening Up Conversations About Sex
NYT > HOME PAGE | APRIL 16, 2012
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Harvard is one of the latest colleges where students are holding Sex Weeks, seeking to bridge the gap between classroom and bedroom. ... Read more

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A huge student loan scam

A huge student loan scam
PULSE NEWS | APRIL 16, 2012
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_Virginia Foxx (Credit: AP/Jose Luis Magana)_ Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass a bill with the impressive, everybod... Read more

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Community Colleges Offer Path to Four-Year Degrees

Community Colleges Offer Path to Four-Year Degrees
NYT > EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS | APRIL 15, 2012
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Increasingly, community college students are making the jump to more selective institutions to obtain full degrees. Read more

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Pre-Med’s New Priorities: Heart and Soul and Social Science

Pre-Med's New Priorities: Heart and Soul and Social Science
NYT > EDUCATION | APRIL 13, 2012
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Can the MCAT identify that ethereal mix of scientist, humanist and spiritualist that makes a good doctor? Read more

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Apps for Navigating Campus Life

Apps for Navigating Campus Life
NYT > EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS | APRIL 13, 2012
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How do I get to LC101 from here? Where can I get food right now? Read more

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Top 5 factors to weigh when picking a college (by May 1st deadline)

Top 5 factors to weigh when picking a college (by May 1st deadline)
NATIONAL: BREAKING NATIONAL NEWS & HEADLINES - WASHINGTON POST | APRIL 14, 2012
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This was written by Danielle Moss Lee, president and chief executive officer of the Harlem Educational Activities Fund. The ... Read more

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Vanderbilt Tells Catholic Group to Change Name

Vanderbilt Tells Catholic Group to Change Name
FOXNEWS.COM | APRIL 12, 2012
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School orders group to change name after group announced it was leaving campus over nondiscrimination policy * **Religious Groups Defy Nondiscriminat... Read more

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Pitt Is Rattled by Series of Campus Bomb Threats

Pitt Is Rattled by Series of Campus Bomb Threats
NYT > HOME PAGE | APRIL 11, 2012
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More than 50 threats about hidden explosive devices have been made at the University of Pittsburgh since mid-February, and campus security has been ti... Read more

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Pitt Is Rattled by Series of Campus Bomb Threats

Pitt Is Rattled by Series of Campus Bomb Threats
NYT > HOME PAGE | APRIL 11, 2012
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More than 50 threats about hidden explosive devices have been made at the University of Pittsburgh since mid-February, and campus security has been ti... Read more

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Disclosure to Student Borrowers

Disclosure to Student Borrowers
NYT > EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS | APRIL 7, 2012
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The Senate introduced a sensible bill that would require lenders and colleges to educate students about their borrowing ... Read more

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Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do

Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do
NYT > HOME PAGE | APRIL 7, 2012
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What information exists on how well colleges teach their students has often been hidden from view. But that may be changing — including with the use o... Read more

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Some 2012 college admissions rates hit new lows

Some 2012 college admissions rates hit new lows
NATIONAL: BREAKING NATIONAL NEWS & HEADLINES - WASHINGTON POST | APRIL 4, 2012
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Ivy League schools along with some other highly selective colleges and universities have been proudly announcing historically ... Read more

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Students angry over pricey courses pepper-sprayed

Students angry over pricey courses pepper-sprayed
AP TOP NEWS | APRIL 4, 2012
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The dozens of student protesters who were pepper- sprayed by police at a California community college weren't just angry ... Read more

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So, Who Got In?

So, Who Got In?
PULSE NEWS | APRIL 4, 2012
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It's that time of year again. The fat (and thin) envelopes have begun to land, as high-school seniors' fates take shape. So just how insanely competi... Read more

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At Least Six Dead in Oakland School Shooting; Suspect in Custody

At Least Six Dead in Oakland School Shooting; Suspect in Custody
NYT > HOME PAGE | APRIL 2, 2012
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A gunman opened fire at Oikos University, a Christian college, on Monday, authorities said. Police said they have a suspect in custody. ... Read more

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University of Texas’ Mysterious Admissions Process

University of Texas' Mysterious Admissions Process
NYT > EDUCATION | APRIL 2, 2012
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A part of the process evaluates applicants in areas like test scores, socioeconomic status and activities as well as race and ... Read more

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Anti-bias policies drive some religious groups off campuses

Anti-bias policies drive some religious groups off campuses
USATODAY.COM FEED | APRIL 1, 2012
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One of Vanderbilt University's largest student religious groups is leaving in a dispute over the university's ... Read more

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College Affirmative Action Policies Change With Laws

College Affirmative Action Policies Change With Laws
NYT > HOME PAGE | APRIL 2, 2012
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History shows that when courts or new laws restrict affirmative action, colleges try to find other ways to increase minority admissions. ... Read more

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