A report by the Rethinking Student Aid Study Group at the non-profit CollegeBoard has blasted the U.S. financial aid system, calling it "peicemeal" and "rickety." "There's...
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by Greg Cruey on September 29, 2008
Since the start of primary season, the amount of misinformation available about the voting rights of college students has increased exponentially. Last week the Chronicle of Higher Ed carried a news...
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by Greg Cruey on September 28, 2008
NPR ran an excellent story on campus mental health last week. And while it was set on the campus of Johns Hopkins University, the outreach the story describes could serve as a model for successfully...
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It may well be. Kaplan released a report last week in which a survey of 320 college admissions officers showed that about 10% of them look at the social networking sites of high school seniors...
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The federal Pell Grant program is staring into the face of a huge shortfall for the 2008-09 academic year, according to the NY Times. The grant program that provides assistance for college on the...
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Duke University is introducing an ambitious new model for its global MBA program, according to Business Week. The new model will have students moving between campuses in Shanghai, Dubai, London, St....
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by Greg Cruey on September 17, 2008
"Although coed dorms can be fun, they also can be hotbeds of sexual harassment." Naomi Rockler-Gladen has a gift for understatement... In a recent piece at Suite101, Naomi talks about how to...
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by Greg Cruey on September 16, 2008
OMG. Talk about radical... University Business has a post today about how the chancellor of Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities "has stepped beyond the state's new indoor smoking...
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by Greg Cruey on September 15, 2008
My certification as a teacher includes learning disabilities and I've written about the topic occasionally on my education blog, The Green Cup, and at Suite 101. So when I saw Aaron Smiths piece,...
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Okay, I don't know who the national champs will be yet. But I know who they won't be: the Ohio State Buckeyes. If Ohio State had played a halfway competitive game and lost at USC, it might be...
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by Greg Cruey on September 14, 2008
West Virginia Public Radio had an intreresting piece a few weeks ago on a common campus issue - texting in class. Should you send text messages in class? Marshall University doesn't have a campus...
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by Greg Cruey on September 08, 2008
Hat tip to College Admission Counseling for finding the College Survival Guide and pointing it out to me. The guide, published by PsychCentral, deals with issues that have to do with both the...
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