Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 31, 2006
As a college professor, I can honestly say that no other issue inspires such heated debates among my students than the question of whether or not to join a sorority or fraternity. We've had class...
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(Source: Moravian College)Each fall, kids arrive in droves to college campuses across America. Some are happy to be wherever they land. Some think they will be, hope they will be, but ultimately...
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The missing roommate, the crazy dorm mate who massacred a dozen people, the suicidal roommate who ensured you a 4.0 GPA...these are just a few of the urban legends with a college theme, that college...
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Don't have time to sit through lectures? Not to worry. Just strap on the old iPod and get educated. That's the concept, sort of, behind Apple's latest venture. Working with six...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 27, 2006
They have a beautiful campus, excellent professors, and some of the best learning opportunities in the entire world, but there is one thing Yale students didn't have: soap in the dormitory...
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Filed in archive Campus Life
by Mark on January 26, 2006
(Source: University of Maryland)A sobering study by USA Today suggests college freshmen die at greater rates than do upperclassmen. Consider: A USA TODAY analysis of 620 deaths of four-year college...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 25, 2006
Most college students would support the idea of gender equality, though the latest trend towards 'equalizing' is a dubious distinction. A recent study revealed that nearly as many male as...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 24, 2006
We're all familiar with the college student stereotype: an Animal House-esque slacker with a drinking problem and absolutely no ambition besides finding the next party. The results of a new study...
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Well, some of them say that, anyhow. A recent study revealed that college graduates were much more likely than college freshmen, or those who did not seek a higher education, to say they believed in...
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Filed in archive Money
by Mark on January 23, 2006
(Source: Olin College)Nine colleges joined the billionaire club last year, as endowments climbed by an average of just over nine percent. Harvard still tops the list, at $25.5 billion---nearly twice...
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Filed in archive Campus Life
by Rhys on January 22, 2006
With the arrival of 20 college students in antarctica, Pacific Lutheran University, in Tacoma, Washington, became the first university to achieve the distinction of having campuses on all seven...
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Filed in archive Career Planning
by Mark on January 19, 2006
(Source: Boston College)Leave a four-year institution for a community college? Isn't that backwards? Maybe so, but consider this from the New York Times: Community colleges are best known as...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 19, 2006
In a controversial decision that lit a fire under the debate of free speech, Le Moyne College kicked student Scott McConnell out of the education program last year, after McConnell wrote a paper...
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It was bound to happen: after seven years of being rated online, professors are turning the tables on their students. 'Rate Your Students,' a website created by a tenured Humanities...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 17, 2006
Students rating professors, and giving both positive and negative opinions about them, is nothing new, with websites such as Rate My Professors long popular. But a new development is raising...
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(Source: University of Richmond)What not to say, as president, during your "state of the university" address: "The entering quality of our student body needs to be much higher if we...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 13, 2006
A recent study is inspiring debate, and rightly so. A major study in Great Britain was recently published, with its results claiming that a student from a 'bad' neighborhood has little to no...
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Filed in archive by Rhys on January 13, 2006
It's always inspiring to see college students banding together to support a cause...no matter what it may be. When Delwin Olivan was fined $5,000 for sharing music files on the Internet, fellow...
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Every college student---and every parent of a college student---knows how important it is to make funds stretch as far as possible. Yet you still want the best education you can get. Is there a way...
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Filed in archive MBA programs
by Mark on January 13, 2006
(Source: UNC-Chapel Hill)The MBA has always provided some competitive advantage for job seekers. People of course took notice of that, and more students have sought the degree, which now can be earned...
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Filed in archive MBA programs
by Mark on January 12, 2006
(Source: Stanford University)Remember the dot-com boom? Of course you do. You probably also remember the bust. Well, intrepid MBA grads are beginning to return to the scene of the crime, namely...
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Filed in archive Student Issues
by Rhys on January 10, 2006
With the number of overseas students steadily declining in the United States, President George W. Bush recently announced that he intends to do something about it. I found the section on his reasons...
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The trend of saving up for your golden years seems to be turning...from saving for retirement to saving for your child's college expenses. Many financial advisors don't agree with this path,...
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