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A Pennsylvania university's requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.
Four years ago, two of the most influential researchers in higher education dove into a huge pool of data hoping to answer a bedeviling question: Why do so many students who start college fail to graduate?
A Maine high school senior says he was denied his diploma because he bowed during graduation and blew a kiss to his mother.
An Ohio school district says it uncovered a cheating scheme so pervasive that it had to cancel graduation ceremonies for its 60 seniors — but will still mail their diplomas.
An Ohio school district says it has canceled a high school's graduation ceremony after discovering several seniors cheated on a test.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made a surprise return to her alma mater on Monday, picking up an honorary degree from Yale University 36 years after earning her law degree from the Ivy League school.
A Michigan woman once believed to have died in a horrific van crash three years ago has graduated from college in Indiana.
The University of New Hampshire has celebrated its efforts to be green by using gas from a landfill to power the loudspeakers at its commencement and turning leftover food from the ceremony into compost.
ELKHART, Ind. - There's no question that Albert White has earned the right to don a cap and gown for the march across the stage at the Elkhart Memorial High School graduation on May 31.
President Barack Obama's chief of staff says that his path in life was determined more by his failures than his successes.
Michiko Kiyokawa was a typical freshman in 1942, taking biology and playing field hockey, when she was forced to leave college during the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.
New Temple University graduate Lauren Archut, still clad in her cap and gown and carrying a congratulatory bouquet, had one last stop to make before a celebratory dinner: the school's career center.
A Missouri university's decision to award an honorary degree to former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is drawing protests from some students and faculty members.
Two years ago, Tim Berta was fighting to survive head injuries that left him in a coma following a bus crash that killed five Bluffton University baseball players.
Slippery Rock University will hold a separate graduation for students who recently returned from Mexico, because school officials fear that they could have been exposed to the swine flu.
The women's NCAA tournament has been played in the shadow of the men's event for years. When it comes to academics, however, the women own the spotlight.
Fourteen women's basketball teams in the NCAA tournament have perfect graduation rates.
North Carolina, Pittsburgh, Louisville and Connecticut share a No. 1 seeding in the NCAA tournament. Their graduation rates have less in common.
They dodged firefights on their way to school, maneuvering through one of the world's most violent cities. Yet on Thursday, 20 men and women accomplished something that nobody in Somalia has done in nearly two decades: They graduated from medical school.
A couple of months ago an old classmate called to remind me about our 30th high school reunion this summer in Sioux City, Iowa. She joked that she and her husband would be starting their "reunion diets" a month before the big day. Her goal? To lose 30 pounds by July.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fulfilled a pledge to a young supporter by speaking at the teenager's high school graduation on Sunday.
A student intending to make a speech criticizing school administrators at her high school graduation was cut off in mid-sentence and told to leave the ceremony.
A Muslim student who sued because his public high school graduation ceremony was held in a Baptist church has received an apology from Newark's school district and assurances that it will not hold future events in houses of worship.
President Bush, ignoring faculty members who stood in silent protest of his commencement speech, admitted Saturday that when he left college, thinking about how to be a "model citizen" was the furthest thing from his mind.
About 20 Furman University professors made plans to stand in silent protest during President Bush's commencement speech Saturday night at the Baptist-founded school.
Marketers Get Valedictorian to Plug Movie in Speech Last month, 18-year-old Kenya Mejia closed her valedictory address at Los Angeles's Alexander Hamilton High School on a startling note: publicly professing a secret passion for a classmate.
Commentary: What parents can do for their kidsRaising the quality of teaching and learning in American schools is a priority. It receives a great deal of attention in our national discourse and should receive more.
Dhoni's graduation dreams will have to waitRanchi: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's wait to become a graduate prolongs after the Indian skipper missed his B Com part I examination this year due to international commitments.
Niagara Falls puts 18 at 'head of class' rather than just oneNIAGARA FALLS — When Niagara Falls High School seniors graduate today, they may hear some encouraging words from the valedictorian of their class. Then again, maybe they won't. That's because no one really knows who ranked No. 1 in the class of 2009.
Should we reward perfect attendance records?Pilato either loaded up on Tylenol or other medication or showed up at school feeling a little sick. Peer pressure to ditch class was ineffective on her. "I have this luck where I only get really sick during our school breaks," she said.
Student Denied Diploma After Blowing KissJustin Denney's family watched as he ascended the Cumberland County Civic Center stage during graduation Friday night to accept his diploma, but the superintendent told him to return to his seat.
If you're over 80 you may remember the black and white "Henry Aldrich" movies about a teenaged boy growing up in the 1940's. Or, if you remember the 1950's you may remember "Archie Comic Books" and "Principal Weatherbee".
F-bomb on yearbook coverWhen obscenities become common practice,and profanity is deemed "cool" ,as a way to express your self. Even when it comes to having a Graduation Year Book, of the memories of your high school years are tainted by someones foolishness. Makes one wonder.
A Very Costly Kiss: Senior Denied DiplomaFor teens, there is no greater joy than graduating high school. Shaking off the shackles of education and claiming that hard-fought diploma is truly an epic day.
Boomers to This Year's Grads: We Are Really, Really Sorry"In 1969, baby boomers took podiums at college graduations around the country and pledged to redefine the world in their image. Forty years later, they have, and now they are apologizing for it. Their collective advice for the class of 2009: Don't be like us."
Crater senior's military father surprises her at graduation | MailTribune.comA Crater High School senior got more than a diploma at her graduation ceremony — she also got a surprise visit from her soldier dad.
9 Not Allowed To Attend Graduation CeremonyA senior prank cost nine seniors from Arrowhead High School from walking in their graduation ceremony Sunday afternoon. The nine seniors called the prank "harmless," but school administrators said it still crossed the line.
School cancels graduation for cheaters - Education- msnbc.comParents are holding a seperate graduation to reward these students for cheating and one wonders why our youth are so screwed up these days. Of course every parent will proclaim their child innocent thoght the majority of these students were cheating or knew of it. Screwed up ch …
Principal will allow female student to wear dress slacks to graduationCHAPIN, SC (WIS) - A Chapin High School student who fought to wear dress slacks to her graduation instead of a dress will be allowed to wear slacks according to the principal.
Good News Wednesday: Student's letter convinces first lady to deliver commencement addressIn her letter, 19-year-old Jasmine Williams told Michelle Obama, "Where we come from, being a young minority means that we have little chance to succeed," because of incorrect stereotypes.
Dad watches sons graduate from 7,000 miles away Kyle, Corey and Sean Cooke, brothers and triplets, graduated from Whitewater High School in Fayette County Friday night, and like the other graduates there, their parents were watching with beaming pride.
You are Brilliant, and the Earth is HiringWhen I was invited to give this speech, I was asked if I could give a simple short talk that was "direct, naked, taut, honest, passionate, lean, shivering, startling, and graceful." No pressure there.
Judge Declines Immediate Elmbrook Ruling It's a fight over whether public schools can use a church auditorium to have graduation ceremonies.
Full life built on ordinary acts - St. Petersburg TimesThe bad news, high school graduates, is you can't have it all. You aren't as free as you think you are. Sorry, but no matter what optimistic flapdoodle your commencement speaker tells you, that's the truth.
Teens Who Parent Still Need School "It's a 24-hour job," Bristol Palin, young mom and newly anointed teen ambassador of the Candies Foundation, said on Good Morning America on May 6.
Graduating Teen Never Missed Day of School, EverCal Ripken, Iron Man of the Baltimore Orioles, played in 2,632 consecutive baseball games. Stefanie Zaner, Iron Kid of Darnestown, is closing in on her 2,340th straight day of public school.
Civil rights icons lead S.F. State graduationCivil rights lawyer Morris Dees, who fought against social injustice by eroding the power of the Ku Klux Klan with multimillion-dollar lawsuits, was the keynote speaker at San Francisco State University's 108th commencement ceremony, but the biggest ovation went to a retired base …
Sac State Student To Graduate At Age 92!!Estelle Rees-Arroyo, 92, is planning on Friday to take part in a May 22 graduation ceremony at Arco Arena. Believed to be the oldest student to ever graduate from the university, she now plans to write a novel about the adventures of a women in the Gold Rush era.
Understanding America's Shift on Abortion The abortion debate is a shape-shifter, its contours twisted by politics, culture, timing and the very language pollsters use when they ask people how they feel.
Once A Homeless Man, Now A College GraduateHe lived underneath bridges around Colorado Springs, he was addicted to drugs and alcohol and even served some time in jail. His name is Daniel Bahlen and on Saturday he did something he thought he would never do. He walked across a stage to receive his college diploma.
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