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No Immediate Discipline Is Planned at Dickinson State U.
However, one high-ranking administrator stepped down after the release of an audit showing hundreds of foreign students were given degrees they didn't earn.
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After a Death, a Question: Are Students Hard-Wired for Hazing?
A drum major's death last fall brought another round of hand-wringing and committee reports, but some researchers say these deadly rituals are nearly impossible to root out.
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Obama Offers New Policy on Contraceptive Insurance at Religious Colleges
The new approach was designed to accommodate the strong objections of some religious leaders and groups, predominantly those affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church.
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Project Seeks to Help Students Overcome Barriers to Voting
Advocates met at George Washington University's law school to discuss strategies for increasing student participation in elections.
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AP Test Takers and Scores Increase, but Minority Participation Still Lags
African-American students are the most underrepresented group, accounting for 14.7 percent of the 2011 graduating class but only 9 percent of test takers.
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Students at Florida A&M U. React to Suspension of Club Recruiting
Organization leaders are for the most part accepting the temporary ban, imposed after the death of a student from injuries believed to be caused by hazing.
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Community-College Study Asks: What Helps Students Graduate?
The Center for Community College Student Engagement is seeking to identify practices that work, and help colleges expand them to cover all students.
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Aid Experts and Officials Question President's College-Affordability Plans
Basing federal support on a college's holding down net tuition could be particularly troubling for public institutions, some officials said.
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In an Election Year, a Complex Portrait of Freshman Political Views
Their beliefs on issues like same-sex marriage and national health care increasingly lean liberal. But that doesn't necessarily translate into activism.
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A Public University in Georgia Reaches Out to Hispanics
Armstrong Atlantic State University has greatly increased the number of Latino students it enrolls and has had some success with getting them to graduate on time.
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