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Did webcast cause student's suicide?

Did webcast cause student's suicide?

A Rutgers University student apparently committed suicide after an internet broadcast showed him in a sexual encounter, New Jersey authorities said.

 

Schwarzenegger signs bill guaranteeing community college transfers to Cal State

Schwarzenegger signs bill guaranteeing community college transfers to Cal State

Community college students will find it easier to transfer to California's four-year universities under bills signed Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

 

Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford

Man accused of duping Harvard got into Stanford

A Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school, ...

 

Virginia lacrosse player charged in athlete's slaying

Virginia lacrosse player charged in athlete's slaying

A senior on the Virginia men's lacrosse team was charged Monday with the slaying of a fellow student on the women's team, stunning ...

 

The iPad in Education: Colleges Give iPads to All Incoming Students

Seton Hill University plans to give every first year undergraduate student a 13" MacBook and an iPad. Just last month, George Fox University in Oregon also announced that it plans to give its new students a choice between a MacBook or an iPad.

 

Obama: Loan changes make college more affordable

Big changes in the student loan program will help make college more affordable for students and their debt load more manageable ...

 

California Students Protest Education Cuts

California Students Protest Education Cuts

The demonstrations, which are backed by a range of groups, are taking place on college campuses and at public schools.

 

Student admits hanging noose in library

Student admits hanging noose in library

The University of California San Diego has suspended a student who admitted to hanging a noose in a campus library, school officials announced Friday.

 

A Tougher 'A' at Princeton Has Students on Edge

A Tougher 'A' at Princeton Has Students on Edge

Lisa Foderaro writes in The Times’s Metropolitan section that efforts by Princeton University to curb grade inflation are “now running into fierce resistance from the school’s Type-A-plus student body.”

 

College Degrees More Expensive, Worth Less in Job Market

College Degrees More Expensive, Worth Less in Job Market

Employers and career experts see a growing problem in American society - an abundance of college graduates, many burdened with tuition-loan debt, heading into the work world with a degree that doesn't mean much anymore.

 

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