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Cornell Moves To End Hazing After Student's Death

AP | By BEN DOBBIN | Posted 10.24.2011 | College
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Cornell University is moving to eradicate risky pledging practices at campus fraternities and sororities to avert hazing mish...

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We Can Do Better on College Costs

David J. Skorton | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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David J. Skorton

The recession we are experiencing is not a normal, cyclical "blip" -- it is unlike anything that most of us have ever experienced. Consequently, we in higher education have to make some fundamental changes in the way we do business.

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What We Need to Know in Good Times and Bad

David J. Skorton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Do we want our children to find better and more effective ways to understand their world and work with each other to improve it? Of course. Then we better think twice about the education they should receive.

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Cornell's President Calls for a National Suicide Dialogue

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

Those who have the power to open up and expand the dialogue about suicide need to step in and step up. David Skorton, Cornell's University President, is calling for a national dialogue about the subject.

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After Suicides, Some Students Worry About The Appropriate Response

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | Peter Finocchiaro | Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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Produced by HuffPost's College Reporting Team Hundreds of Cornell University students and faculty gathered arm-in-arm on Wednesday night to sing t...

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