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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

WHOA! 14,000 Flock To Free Online Courses On First Day

The Huffington Post | Alyssa Creamer | Posted 07.19.2012 | College
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When the University of Illinois announced it would offer online courses for free, thousands of prospective students came running. Illinois' opening...

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Father's Day Memory Of A Hole in One

Carolyn Bucior | Posted 08.15.2012 | Fifty
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Carolyn Bucior

When I was 19 years old, my father began to die. I received a phone call from Mom, who told me that doctors had found a "spot" on Dad's lung and were going to remove it. "It," I later learned, was Dad's left lung. What a kick in the chops to a man who had been happily sober less than two presidential terms and was enjoying another shot at life.

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Applying To College With Physical Disabilities: What You Need To Know

| Menachem Wecker | Posted 12.05.2011 | Home
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Applicants should try to visit campuses and prepare, as students, to advocate for their needs. There are about 1.1 million physically disabled unde...

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At Solar Decathlon, College Eco-Stars Reveal True Future of Solar

Brian Keane | Posted 11.30.2011 | College
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Brian Keane

Solar Decathletes are students who, instead of partying at the beach or making money at temporary jobs, decide to help design, engineer and assemble solar-powered homes in their spare time.

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Too Young For College? My Fight Against Reverse Age Discrimination

Kelsey Caetano-Anollés | Posted 10.29.2011 | College
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Kelsey Caetano-Anollés

Being turned down from the college of my dreams was heartbreaking. But it was even worse when I found out it happened because I was "too young" to learn.

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Who Will Win the 2011 Solar Decathlon?

Susanna Murley | Posted 09.21.2011 | Green
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Susanna Murley

Can a liberal education prepare you to compete in the Solar Decathlon? In the spirit of Emerson, "Self Reliance," from Middlebury, will be the only submission from a liberal arts school to the Department of Energy's architectural competition.

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Party Schools That Pay

Posted 09.21.2011 | College
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Who says that having fun in college won't get you a high-paying job in the end? The salary website PayScale surveyed 1,003 colleges and ranked them...

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The Child Walking Through Schoolhouse Doors Enters a World

Sean Slade | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Sean Slade

The current conversation may be linked to the issue of bullying; however, we should not assume that a positive school climate affects only a defined behavior or set of skills.

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WATCH: Bus Driver Destroys Snowman, Forced To Resign

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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An unnamed bus driver in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois was forced to resign on Monday after running over a man standing in the lane of oncoming traffic. ...

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Grieving On Facebook Can Provide Temporary Relief: Study

Posted 05.25.2011 | College
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A new study shows that students who use social networking sites to mourn the victims of school shootings and cope with emotional repercussions may fee...

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The Lifeblood of Undergraduate Education Is on Strike

Emily F. Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
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Emily F. Shaw

The Fighting Illini don't have much fight on the gridiron this year. But the University administration has more than enough fight to allow a strike of its TAs to begin.

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