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How To Treat Empty-Nest Depression

World of Psychology | Posted 11.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Depression, College, Children, Raising Children, Parenting, Leaving Home, Happiness, Empty Nest Syndrome, Living News

Several mom friends of mine have lately come down with a bad case of "empty-nest depression" -- moms who just dropped off their youngest offspring to ...

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The Gap Year: A Post-Graduation Exploration

Jasmeet Sidhu | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Jobs, Graduation, Education, Higher Education, Graduate School, College, Careers, Living News

After three years of lectures and spending several hours and nights churning out essays, it was finally time to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.

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Economic Crisis Compels Economists To Reach For New Paradigm

Wall Street Journal | MARK WHITEHOUSE | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Policy, The Fed, Recession, Ben Bernanke, Collateral, University, Mortgage, Credit, Economic Policy, Lenders, Finance, College, Rational Expectations, Bernanke, Crisis, Economists, Banks, Academics, Theory, Colleges, Economic Theory, Universities, Business News

The pain of the financial crisis has economists striving to understand precisely why it happened and how to prevent a repeat. For that task, John Gean...

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Private College Salaries Of More Than $1 Million Paid To 23 Presidents

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home

Read More: David J. Sargent, Salaries, Tuition Increases, Pay, Tuition, College President, Renssealear Polytechnic Institute, University President, Private Universities, University of Tulsa, Shirley Jackson, Shirley Ann Jackson, Steadman Upham, Student Loans, Students, Suffolk University, David Sargent, President, Presidents, Costs, University, College, Salary, Chronicle of Higher Education, Higher Education, Private Colleges, Executive Pay, Home News

The fast-growing group of millionaire private college and university presidents hit a new record in recent years, and it's likely more college leaders...

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Guantanamo Bay: College Division

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Butler University, Internet, First Amendment, College, Bloggers, Bushies, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Jess Zimmerman, Virginia Tech Massacre, Virginia Tech, Censorship, Lawsuit, Dick Cheney, Media News

Is a school entitled to discipline a student? Of course -- if a crime is committed. But let's get real here. We're talking about freedom of speech on the Internet.

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10 Stories Of College Athletes Scandalized By The Web

Switched.com | By Caleb Johnson | Posted 10.19.2009 | Sports

Read More: Gay Porn, Social Networking, Jenny Mueller, Tim Tebow, Kenny Jordan, Sports, Tyler Hansbrough, College, Brady Quinn, Rey Maualuga, Eli Manning, Jennifer Mueller, Jordan Campbell, Everson Griffen, Paul Donahoe, Matthew Stafford, Sports News

In the age of social media, college athletes have it rough. Unlike the pros, these undergrads aren't getting paid millions, but they're under just as ...

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Student Blogger Shut Down and Sued by Butler University Over Free Speech

Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: College Students, Butler University, Alexander Hamilton, First Amendment, Crime, Bloggers, Jess Zimmerman, Virginia Tech, Barack Obama, Lawsuit, Freedom of Speech, University, Internet, College, Virginia Tech Massacre, Censorship, Benjamin Franklin, Media News

Jess Zimmerman is a junior at Butler University. Last year he wrote criticisms of Butler's administration in an anonymous blog. We now have the first case of a university suing a student over online free speech.

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Congressman Chaka Fattah Talks Education

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Philadelphia, House-Education-and-Labor-Committee, New America Foundation, Al Sharpton, Arne Duncan, Higher Education Act of 1965, College, Shoemaker Campus, GEAR UP, Public Education, Mastery Charter School, Newt Gingrich, House Democrats, Representative Chaka Fattah, Politics News

"There are people who say that money doesn't really matter in public eduction. If it really doesn't matter, then we should equalize the expenditures. If it does matter, we should equalize the expenditures."

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Coal Is Too Dirty Even for Colleges

Bruce Nilles | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Beyond Coal, Clean Energy, Dirty Coal, Campus, Sierra Club, Coal, College, Green News

Did you know that many of our country's colleges and universities -- places that are supposed to be a source of higher-education and leadership -- get their electricity by burning coal?

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Volunteer Spotlight: Jessica Butler for Step Up Women's Network

The Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Education, Jessica Butler, Causecast, Volunteering, College, Step Up Women's Network, Volunteerism, Impact News

Over the last few months, Causecast has been highlighting exceptional volunteers from our network of organizations. This month, they're featuring Jess...

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River Rats, Phantoms, and Amanda, Oh My!

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 10.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Nhl, Philadelphia Flyers, SUNY Potsdam, College, Ahl, Funny, National Hockey League, Comedy, Comedy News

SUNY Potsdam is a great place to watch hockey. Everyone's cold and pissed off, so all the hatred and bitterness that comes with going to school in the arctic comes out during the games.

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Scholarships Short-Changed Per Audit

Morgan Carroll | Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Higher Education, College, Denver, Colorado Department of Education, Scholarships, Early Achievers Scholarship Trust Fund, Collegeinvest, Colorado General Assembly, Denver News

Yesterday in committee we heard the results of the recent audit of CollegeInvest and there are findings we should all be concerned about.

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When Your Dorm Goes Green And Local

nytimes.com | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: University, Permaculture, Leed, Local Food, College, Ecodorm, Sustainability, Warren Wilson College, Green Living, Schools, Ecodesign, North Carolina, Green News

Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of meandering brooks. But not at the EcoDorm, which houses 36 undergraduates and is the spi...

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Picking the Right College Is About to Get Easier

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: High School, High School Dropouts, College, Living News

The Internet has made online searching for potential colleges much easier but in some respects complicates the process with a world of choices. Two organizations are trying to solve this problem.

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Let's Get Our Priorities Straight

Gavin Newsom | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, University of California, Gavin Newsom, State University, Education, Gavin Newsom Education, San Francisco Education, Rainy Day Fund, San Francisco, College, Mayor Newsom, California, Politics News

Cannibalizing our state's future through cuts to education is the exact opposite of the kind of reform and long-term thinking we need from our leaders in Sacramento.

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The American Graduation Initiative: Something Even The Banks Should Bank On!

Gail Mellow | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Barack Obama, College, Lehman Brothers, Financial Aid, Banks, Community Colleges, American Graduation Initiative, Pell Grants, New York News

The very same industry that has taken billions of dollars in bailout money from the federal government is not ready to loosen its grip on the cash cow that is the private student loan industry.

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School Reaches Out To Chronically Ill Students

msn.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Philanthropy, Charity, College, Students, The Giving Life, Living News

DePaul University has responded to the needs of chronically ill students with a specially tailored learning program--the only one of its kind, accordi...

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Women in Hip-Hop: The B-girl Be Festival

Lauri Lyons | Posted 11.18.2009 | Entertainment

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When it comes to women in hip-hop, don't call it a comeback. Women have been here for years.

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You Say You Want a Virtual Revolution?

Lisa Petrides | Posted 11.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Digital, Education, Higher Education, Technology, College, University of Phoenix, Media News

While it's true that the Web-based economy poses tough new challenges for higher education, we shouldn't let ourselves get too sentimental about the way things were in the old days.

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Weight Loss In College: No More Freshman Fifteen

newsweek.com | Johannah Cornblatt | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Eating Habits, Obese, Anorexia, College, Health, College Students and Weight, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Wellness, Overweight, Food, Living News

With more than 30 percent of college students falling into the American College Health Association's obese or overweight categories, Yale is not the o...

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College Football's Camera Troubles: Cell Phones, Social Networking Plague Sports Stars

Nytimes.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | Technology

Read More: College Athletes, College Sports, Social Networking, College, Mobile, Football, Mobile Phones, Tim Tebow, College Football, Facebook, Technology, Technology News

For all the images of marching bands, cheerleaders and raucous student fans associated with college football, the romantic notion of a quaint campus l...

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Hofstra Rape: Student Lied About Incident: District Attorney

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sexual Violence, Hofstra, Rape, Hofstra Rape Victim Lied, Crime, Violence, Hofstra University, Rondell Bedward, Dorm, Hofstra USA, Bronx, Jesus L. Ortiz, Hofstra Rape, University, Long Island, College, Stalin Felipe, Kevin R. Taveras, Hofstra Rape Victim, Hofstra Rape Case, Hofstra Incident, Hofstra Student Lied, Hostra Rape, Hofstra Rape Lied, Hoftra Rape, Hofstra Girl Lied, Rape Hofstra, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) -- Authorities in New York say the Hofstra University student who told police that she had been gang-raped by five men on campus ...

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Hofstra Rape: Woman Gang Raped In Hofstra University Dorm: Police

AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sexual Violence, Hofstra, Rape, Crime, Violence, Hofstra University, Rondell Bedward, Dorm, Hofstra USA, Bronx, Jesus L. Ortiz, Hofstra Rape, University, Long Island, College, Stalin Felipe, Kevin R. Taveras, New York News

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP)-- Police in New York say an 18-year-old Hofstra University student trying to retrieve a cell phone was lured into a dormitory men...

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Technology Revolution On College Campuses

washingtonpost.com | Zephyr Teachout | Posted 11.16.2009 | Technology

Read More: Online Learning, Education Technology, Education, Technology, College, Undergraduate-Education, Internet, Technology News

Undergraduate education is on the verge of a radical reordering. Colleges, like newspapers, will be torn apart by new ways of sharing information enab...

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