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Add 'going Green' to list reasons why students choose Yale. Oh, and the food. We hear Yale food rocks. Yale Daily News
Want to avoid the mistakes every new college student makes? Check out this article on the "7 First Semester Freshman Mistakes." Great advice for our new college freshman and outgoing seniors!
GoCollege.com
It's great to see the UC president, Mark Yudof, taking personal interest in the epidemic of budget cuts. It's unfortunate that he seems to be doing little about them.
Educated Nation
A great look at the first day of college, from both the student and parent's perspective.
Wall Street JournalGovernor of Kansas challenges state universities to treat academics as importantly as they do athletics. He outlines a five point, ten year plan to pull Kansas Universities up in the rankings.
The Joplin Globe
Many students have second thoughts about their major as the economy worsens. Suddenly, business just doesn't seem as...profitable.
Newsday.com Wow! Turns out that college rankings actually do matter, for some things at least. Everytime a school improves its ranking...the next class of Freshman is more exclusive.
New York Times
E-Textbooks: less weight to carry around, less money wasted on books. Are they the future of education?
VOAnews.com
High school football players uses on field skills to save school bus from an armed student. An armed 14-year old, female student.
People.com