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Virtual College Tours Replace High-Cost Campus Visits

AP | Anne Wallace Allen | Posted 07.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Costs, University, Education, Tuition, College, Campus Visit, Online Tour, Youniversitytv, Style News

For high school students who have the time and money to travel, visiting a college campus is the best way to get a sense of the students, the faculty,...

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Georgia State University Stands Behind a Professor Who Discriminated Against An Arab and Muslim Woman

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Institution of Higher Learning, News, Mary Stuckey, Big News, Workplace Discrimination, Terrorist, Higher Education, Georgia State University, Slma Shelbayah, Middle East Institute of Georgia State University, Arabs, Anti-Arab, Dr. Mary Stuckey, College, Discrimination, Bomb in Hijab, President Mark P. Becker and Slma Shelbayah, Bomb, Islam, Anti Muslim, Hijab, Holy Quaran, Politics, Dr. Mary Stuckey Racist Remarks, President Mark P. Becker, Dona Stewart, Rhetoric of Hatred, Racism, Dr. Mary Stuckey Anti Arab Remarks, Muslims, Arab, Racial Profiling, Mary E. Stuckey, Tenured Professors, Terrorism, Gsu, Quaran, Shelbayah, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

It seemed okay in 2008 for a University Professor to harass a Muslim student and get away with it.

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Fireworks Brighter for Blacks this Fourth of July

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Barbeques, Michelle Obama, Brother, Asian, Indian, Obama, Black, Fourth of July, The White House, African-American, Declaration of Independence, Isolation, Cnn, Black Americans, Segregation, Lynching, College, Black Soldiers, Jew, Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Buddhist, American Flag, Star Spangled Banner, Minority, Hispanic, Hawaiian, Italisn, Caucasian, Jaoanese-Jewish, Living News
Francesca Biller-Safran

As a person of mixed race, I have had many blacks since Obama's election confide in me with comments along these lines, "We finally have a brother in ...

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Student Loan Forgiveness Initiative Gaining Momentum?

Jon Chattman | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Website, Gm, Grassroots, Economy, Middle Class, Stimulating the Economy, Obama, Democracy, Robert Applebaum, Student Loans, Facebook, U.S. Senate, Unemployment, Town Hall, Blog, College, Student Loan Forgiveness, Councilman, Politics News
Jon Chattman

With the lack of jobs for new graduates, as well as older borrowers, there is a looming student loan bubble about to burst.

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Everything You Learn in College is Wrong

Auren Hoffman | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Work-Life Balance, Lifestyle, College, Workplace Taboos, College Graduates, Living News
Auren Hoffman

In college you eat huge amounts of instant noodles and cereal. In the real world, you spend your entire paycheck on Whole Foods and tofu.

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I Am (not) Good Enough: Three Ways to Battle This Feeling

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 06.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, College, Exams, Duke, Perfectionism, Living News
Carolyn Rubenstein

How incredible it is that in a split second, we can shift our mindset from negative to positive. I work to overcome the feeling of being "not good enough" by using the following strategies.

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Community Colleges Get Some Respect

Anya Kamenetz | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: College Students, Community Colleges, College, Student Loans, Middle Class, Politics News
Anya Kamenetz

Obama's administration has been unusually respectful of the role of community colleges.

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Obama Admin Wants To Bring Spy Training Program To Colleges

Washington Post | Walter Pincus | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Spy, CIA Spies, Cia, College, Spy Training, Universities, Politics News

To the list of collegiate types -- nerds, jocks, Greeks -- add one more: spies in training. The government is hoping they'll be hard to spot. ...

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Ghost Haunting Frat House Files Sex Abuse Charges

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 06.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: College Students, Fratboys, Lawyer, Porn, Ghost Medium, Drinking, Colin Farrell, College, Sex, Haunted House, Alcohol, Sex Abuse, Ghosts, Moses, Fraternities, Patrick Swayze, Caligula, Comedy News
Tom McCaffrey

The Delta Chi house has long been swirled in controversy. For years there has been a rumor that the house is haunted by the ghost of a 24 year old fe...

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Binge Drinking On The Rise Among US College Students

Yahoo! News | Steven Reinberg | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Binge Drinking, Diet, Personal Health, College, Drinking, Health, Universities, Beer, Living News

Binge drinking among American college students is on the rise, along with its consequences of drunk driving and drinking-related deaths, U.S. health o...

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Passages

Neil McCarthy | Posted 06.09.2009 | Living

Read More: New Years Eve, Graduation, Underage Drinking, College, Christmas, Thanksgiving, June, January, Law School, Living News

We should celebrate New Years in June, not January. Things seem to more or less end in January.

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Dorm Dilemma

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Dorm Room Supplies, College, Storage Facilities, Moving Out, Shipping Dorm Supplies, Living News
Roseanne Colletti

Parents picking up their college student for the summer face the dilemma of what to do with all of their stuff.

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10 Lessons to Teach Your Kids About Business

Jim Randel | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Young People, College, Finance, Ecomony, Debt, Business, Business News
Jim Randel

About 5 million young adults are graduating from college this month. This rite of passage is perhaps a parent's last chance to instill important lessons about the business world.

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J.D. Salinger's Teaching Advice

Nicolaus Mills | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: J. D. Salinger, Literature, The Catcher in the Rye, College, Professors, English Literature, Mark Edmundson, College Graduates, Living News
Nicolaus Mills

UVA literature professor Mark Edmundson wants students to have the pleasure and excitement of immersing themselves in a book before engaging in a skeptical dialogue about it.

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Getting People to College Is the First Step but the Pay-Off Comes with Completion

Hilary Pennington | Posted 06.03.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Education, Education Reform, College, College Graduates, Postsecondary Education, Living News
Hilary Pennington

At the nation's most competitive universities, the average graduation rate is 89 percent, while the least competitive universities graduate an average of 12 percent of their students.

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Can You Teach Creative Writing?

newyorker.com | Louis Menand | Posted 06.02.2009 | Living

Read More: University, Creativity, Art, Mfa, College, Writing, The Artist's Life, Creative Writing, Teaching, Living News

Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a...

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Five Reasons to Push Your Kids to Get a Credit Card

Jim Randel | Posted 06.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Congress, Finance, College, Economy, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Young People, Credit Card Industry, Barack Obama, Business News
Jim Randel

Let's use our energies and experience not to prevent young adults from having access to debt but rather to educate them as to how to use debt responsibly.

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Recent College Graduate for Hire

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Youth Radio, Jobs, Ivy League, Youthradio, College, Emma Jacobs, Economy, Unemployment, Graduate, Gratuation, Emoloyment, Living News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Emma Jacobs My job search began nearl...

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How Happy Is... 5 Tips If You're Graduating

Sophie Keller | Posted 05.26.2009 | Living

Read More: University, Jobs, Graduation, Career, Personal Growth, College, The Balanced Life, Living News
Sophie Keller

Graduating is about change and moving on, and in the same breath it can be frightening, as well as exciting. Being frightened and excited often have ...

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Colleges Considering 3-Year Degrees To Save Undergrads Time, Money

Washington Post | Valerie Strauss | Posted 05.23.2009 | Home

Read More: College Tuition, College Degrees, College, Home News

In an era when college students commonly take longer than four years to get a bachelor's degree, some U.S. schools are looking anew at an old idea: sl...

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STUDY: Most Students Stressed, Some Depressed

AP | NANCY BENAC and TREVOR TOMPSON | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Stress, Depression, Student Life, GPA, College, Students, Student Loans, Living News

WASHINGTON — Stress over grades. Financial worries. Trouble sleeping. Feeling hopeless. So much for those carefree college days....

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Red the Book: He Called His Penis John Wayne. He Lied.

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: College Students, Lies, Britain, Ostriches, Mental Health, Dating Advice, College, Romance, Zoo, Dating, Dishonesty, Men, Storytelling, John Wayne, Entertainment News
Amy Goldwasser

So I loved a storyteller. Don't we all? Is there anything more seductive, really?

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Gay Graduates and the New American Dream

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 05.19.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Gay Graduates, College, Economy, College Graduates, Gay Marriage, Living News
Jennifer Vanasco

Gay graduate, you have an advantage that your straight colleagues don't have. You are living in a time when your community is experiencing real hope. Real change.

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HelpingYour Son or Daughter Select a College? Use The Genius of Their Instinct, Not a College Advisor!

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Raising Children, Living, Focus on the Family, College, University, Graduation, Empowerment, Parenting Tips, Cnn, Class, Students, Parenting Advice, Living News
Dr. Hendrie Weisinger

The best school a college bound student can get into is not necessarily the right school. Shelter-seeking tells you to help your son or daughter pick the right school.

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Congratulations, Sorry and Thank You to the Most Popular (and Lucky) College Graduate, Jimmy Fallon!

Jamie Frevele | Posted 05.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Fallon Graduates, College, Jimmy Fallon College of St. Rose, Economy, Sketch Comedy, Bad Economy, Bad Economy School, Jimmy Fallon, Entertainment News
Jamie Frevele

Jimmy Fallon's newly obtained college degree may not seem like a big deal to many people besides Jimmy and his close friends and family. But you know what? I was pretty psyched about it.

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