Pa. universities: Don't make us casino hostages

The heads of Penn State, Temple, Pitt and Lincoln are criticizing Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and top House Democrats for holding them "hostage."

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Better ties between Fla. lawmakers, univs sought

When former Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan became the Florida university system's chancellor three months ago, he faced an imposing list of financial and political problems.

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Fall break prompts alert of serial rapist in Kan.

Almost a year after the last sexual assault attributed to a serial rapist who has preyed on young women near two college campuses, the state attorney general's office is urging women at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas to remain vigilant.

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Task force to colleges: Treat betting like booze

Colleges and universities should take more steps to curb problem gambling by piggybacking outreach efforts onto campaigns against alcohol and drug abuse, a national gambling task force said Tuesday.

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Months of strikes humble French university system

Third-year student Sara Jose is no slacker, but the Sorbonne University semester is almost over, final exams are bearing down and she has yet to attend some of her classes.

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Pa. state university system snuffs out all smoking

With virtually no warning, smoking at 14 of Pennsylvania's state-owned universities has been banned anywhere on campus — even outdoors.

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Cambridge U official: Social justice not our role

Britain's top colleges need more government money, but officials should stop trying to meddle in what they teach and looking at them as instruments for boosting social mobility, a senior official at the University of Cambridge said Wednesday.

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Activists Seek Independent Cuba Colleges

A group of Cuban students and young professionals said Tuesday it has collected 5,000 signatures petitioning the government to allow universities that would operate independently of the state while encouraging freedom of speech.

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Universities a Big Part of Urban Renewal

When people around here talk about "Midtown," the discussion generally concerns new condos, small businesses and lifestyle.

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Drug Companies' Ties to Schools Common

Nearly two-thirds of academic leaders surveyed at U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals have financial ties to industry, illustrating how pervasive these relationships have become, researchers say.

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(December 13, 2009) - Across age groups, Blacks were more likely to be currently seeking some level of education than Whites, according to The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.

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For Louisiana colleges and universities, the holiday season is a time for making hard decisions. "It's time for people to panic," said Paul Sisson, LSU-Shreveport's provost and vice chancellor.

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Why does Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, which teaches students to be "Champions for Christ," get tax-exempt status? When progressive pro-choicers think about enemies of reproductive justice, Blue Dog Democrats and the Republican Party come to mind.

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Living in a democracy can be trying, says Clive James in his weekly column. Until you think of the alternatives.

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LOS ANGELES -- University of California students will get a much larger tuition bill next year. The Board of Regents on Thursday approved a 32 percent increase in undergraduate student fees, despite protests by hundreds of demonstrators outside the regents' meeting at UCLA.

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Despite cutbacks in other areas, college football coaches are being paid more.

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BOSTON -- Officials at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a female student in a library bathroom on campus on Tuesday.

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"Our best universities have, paradoxically, typically looked down their noses at education, as if it were intellectually inferior.

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A recent declaration by a leading Egyptian cleric that women will not be allowed to wear the niqab in university areas frequented only by women has sparked demonstrations by female students in Cairo determined to wear the all-encompassing veil wherever they go.

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The Muslim Students Association of the U.S. and Canada (MSA) has chapters at nearly 600 colleges and universities across North America.

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An excerpt: Bucknell University Bucknell University has been named to FIRE's Red Alert list after a conservative student group's protests against affirmative action policies and President Obama's stimulus plan were repeatedly shut down or forbidden by administrators using fli …

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AS IRAN'S universities prepare to start classes this month, there is a growing fear that the government will purge political and social science departments of professors and curriculums deemed "un-Islamic". The concerns have been stoked by speeches by the supreme leader, Ayatoll …

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There are several things college students can do to keep the swine flu from spreading through dormitories

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A U.S. official and some colleges are telling the brewer of Bud Light to can it.

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Colleges and other institutions must do a better job on measures to control the H1N1 flu pandemic this fall.

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This unusual college guide has something for everyone -- a black college, a free college, a Christian college, one that cranks out Fulbright scholars, one that has "green-energy" cred, and more.

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The Presidents of 28 South Korean Universities this week all signed MOU's declaring their intention to make campuses around the country more green and eco-friendly, reports the Korea Herald.

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It's amazing that the U.S. government never referred to the AIDS virus as a communicable disease since its inception many years ago nor did they call out a pandemic to my knowledge.

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It is crucial that every American citizen google, MSEHPA regarding mandated vaccinations, criminalization of American citizens, isolating and placing Americans under quarantine; mandatory physical exams; ordering doctors to report American citizens with suspicious illness or pres …

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This article is about the California education system and how the economy is effecting it and the people that utilize it.

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Should the US drinking age be lowered to 18?

An article advocating for lowering the drinking age appeared recently in CampusProgress.com. Binge Drinking: Purge the Drinking Age reported that,

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President Obama has been urging Americans to pursue at least one year of education beyond high school. On Tuesday, he unveiled a plan that aims to help more students graduate from community colleges.

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It is hardly surprising that lots of rich kids go to America's richest colleges. It has always been so. But today's students are richer on average than their predecessors.

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A 19-year-old who dumped Tufts University for Western Washington University joined the ranks of college students realizing that attending their dream school isn't financially sustainable.

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This article deserves hats off to the judge's decision in this case of wrongfully strip searching minors, but to say that that the persons involved or the schools aren't liable just leaves the door open for more abuse and common sense should make it clear that unlawful strip sear …

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