Opinion
- What's the Value of a College Degree?
- How much is that college degree really worth? That depends on your major. It turns out that some undergraduate and graduate diplomas are worth a lot more during a lifetime of work.
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- Art Teachers Integrate Science Into Their Lessons at U.Va. Eastern Shore Workshop
- Artists and scientists gathered at the University of Virginia's Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center April 20-22 to paint, as well as study, salt marshes on the Eastern Shore.
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- A Stanford Event: How the Arts Contribute to the Occupy Movement
- Students and members of the community explore how artists have occupied spaces in order to transform them, and consider the role of the arts in economic, immigrant, political and social justice struggles.
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- UCLA's student math team defeats 448 others, but who's counting?
- As a high school student in Romania - when he won three gold medals with perfect scores in international math competitions - Ciprian Manolescu already knew about the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition for university undergraduates.
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- CMCers: Once Students, Now Staff
- Over 30 alumni of Claremont McKenna College have returned to campus to become part of CMC's faculty or staff. While some return to campus for a specific career opportunity, others find excitement in the chance to give back to the CMC community. Some even find their dream job.
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- ‘The Art of Public Health’: Pictures meant to save a thousand lives
- At Yale, students from the School of Public Health turned to colleagues at the School of Art to find the answer, and together they developed visually powerful posters to educate and motivate broad sectors of society about some of today's pressing health issues.
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- Crisis at the University of Northern Iowa
- The University of Iowa chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) expressed its support for and solidarity with its sister AAUP chapter at the University of Northern Iowa, United Faculty with the following statement.
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- Ex-student charged with murder in California shooting rampage
- A former nursing student was charged with murder and attempted murder on Wednesday in a shooting rampage that killed seven people and wounded three others this week at a small, Christian college he once attended in California.
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- How Novel: Penn LPS Teacher Writes for Tweens, Teens and Young Adults
- "Perfect features, the right shoes, luminescent lip gloss and the instincts of barracudas" is how Melissa Jensen describes a group of high school freshmen in The Fine Art of Truth or Dare, her most recent novel.
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- Gay college students may be at increased risk for drinking problems because of how they, their peers are treated
- Gay, lesbian, and bisexual college students who experience subtle discrimination are at increased risk of having a problem with alcohol compared to heterosexual students, a new University of Michigan study finds.
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- After grad job slump, big hiring is back at U.S. colleges
- Sean Chua expected the hunt for his first job after college to be tough. After all, he watched his brother struggle to find a position when he graduated back in 2008.
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- Voters Support Specific Tax Increases If Money Is Used For Public Education and Public Safety
- By hefty margins, Californian voters favor raising sales taxes and taxes on wealthier citizens if they're told the money goes to public schools, community colleges and public safety, according to the latest results from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences/Los Angeles Times Poll.
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- College exams work to deter cheating; problems abroad
- U.S. college admissions officers on Wednesday welcomed new rules aimed at deterring cheating on entrance exams, but continued to raise concerns about fraud, especially among foreign applicants.
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- VSU Student Advances to Next Round of America's Next Top Model Auditions
- For Valdosta State University student Jasmine "J.P." Partlow, each pose, each glamour shot and each stroll down the catwalk bring her a step closer to her dream of becoming a professional model.
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- Crown Warns of Next Economic Bubble: Student Loans
- But for parents and students preparing for college right now with loan applications and college entrance exams, it is important to stop and consider what Crown warns will be the next big bubble: Student Loans.
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- Harvard University Elects James W Breyer to Corporation
- The Harvard University announced that James W. Breyer, a leading venture capitalist, will join the President and Fellows of Harvard College, also known as the Harvard Corporation, on July 1, 2013.
- Sacred Heart University Names Bobby Valentine Athletics Director
- The Sacred Heart University sports community gets a shot in the arm with the joining of Bobby Valentine, a big name in baseball circle. On Tuesday he was named executive director of Intercollegiate Athletics by the university.
- Eastern Michigan University to Host Unplug Event
- The Eastern Michigan University will observe an unplugged event on Wednesday, Feb 27 at 5 p.m in the Multi-Cultural Lounge of King Hall on Ypsilanti campus of Eastern Michigan University.
- Energy Secretary Chu to Resume Teaching Physics at Stanford University
- United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will head back to the Stanford University to join the faculty after he demits his office this year.
- John F Kerry Will Make First Policy Speech at University of Virginia
- US Secretary of State, John F. Kerry will speak at the University of Virginia on Feb 20. It's said to be his first public remarks after succeeding Hillary Clinton earlier this year.
- EMU Marching Band to Perform on Detroit Public TV Music Show
- The Eastern Michigan University Marching Band will be featured on the nationally syndicated television show, "Ariel, Zoey, & Eli, Too," aired on Detroit Public Television (WTVS), Friday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m, said the university.
