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SAT to drop essay requirement as part of overhaul
In a redesign aimed at improving college access, the test also will return to a top score of 1600.
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Bro who outed the Duke porn star gets a taste of his own medicine
After enduring months of abuse and harassment from fellow Duke students, Belle seems to be doing just fine: her passionate op-ed in defense of her porn career went viral, and she’s currently making the cable news TV rounds as a sex-positive activist. Bagley, however, has been hounded on Twitter since his identity as Belle’s outer was revealed in the original Duke Chronicle piece on the story.
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New strategy would drop college textbook costs to zero
A pilot program, which the university system estimates is saving 1,100 students a combined $130,000, is the latest in a shift on the nation's campuses toward digital learning. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California State University system and the Washington State college system are among those that have built libraries of free online course materials in recent years.
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Self-Report Psychopathy Scale
Interactive self-report measure of psychopathy.
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Start saving now: Day care costs more than college in 31 states
College costs loom large in the parental mind. According to a 2013 report by Sallie Mae, half of parents are putting away money for their kids' education. Those who aren't are fretting about it, saying that they feel "frustrated," "overwhelmed" and "annoyed" when they think about college savings. But most parents will deal with an even larger kid-related expense long before college, and it's a cost that very few of them are as prepared for. That expense is day care.
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Nonconsensual sex: How colleges rebranded rape
Why are hundreds of campuses now using the term ‘nonconsensual sex’ instead of ‘rape’ or ‘assault’?
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The Origins Of Amateurism; Or, Why College Sports Are So Fucked Up
As president of the NCAA, Mark Emmert has $1.7 million a year riding on the premise that college sports are integral to the mission of higher education in general, a number that frankly lends a certain insight to his cause. Sympathy, even. After all, if you made that kind of money, you'd probably find that preserving the integrity of the beleaguered "student-athlete" was one of your "core values," too.
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College Students Order a Hit on Themselves to Avoid Finals
Instead of hitting the books, two students ordered a hit on themselves. Two University of Georgia students didn’t have a death wish, but they did wish to be injured just enough to get out of their final exams. The two devised a plan and took out an ad on Craigslist.
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Number of public college presidents earning $1 million doubles
The number of public college presidents earning over $1 million more than doubled in the 2012-2013 fiscal year from the year before, according to a new survey. The Chronicle of Higher Education study found that nine college presidents earned more than $1 million in total compensation in 2013, compared to just four in 2012.
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Why Online Courses Cost More than than Traditional Courses
Online courses might be the future of education, but right now colleges are still adapting.
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Woman, 99, receives degree 75 years late over $5 fee
A 99-year-old Maine woman has graduated from college 75 years after a $5 fee kept her from getting her diploma on time. Beal College in Bangor awarded Jessie White her degree during a special ceremony on Friday hosted by Alan Stehle, the college's president. White told ABC News that the special ceremony was wonderful and a lot of fun.
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When will the Internet replace college?
College is one of the world's last institutions left largely unchanged by the corrosive torrent of digital data and Wi-Fi beams, but it's the one that needs the Internet's help most.
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Colleges are full of it: Behind the three-decade scheme to raise tuition, bankrupt generations, and hypnotize the media
Tuition is up 1,200 percent in 30 years. Here's why you're unemployed, crushed by debt - and no one is helping
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In the Near Future, Only Very Wealthy Colleges Will Have English Departments
Within a few decades, contemporary literature departments (e.g., English) will be largely extinct—they’ll be as large and vibrant as Classics departments are today, which is to say, not very active at all. Only wealthy institutions will be able to afford the luxury of faculty devoted to studying written and printed text. Communications, rhetoric/composition, and media studies will take English’s place.
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Free Rewards of College Influencers!
ATTENTION COLLEGE STUDENTS: Sumpto.com rewards your social media influence by measuring your online presence across various platforms and grants you virtual currency. This score allows you to claim free gear, simply for being influential online!
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Can Exercise Close the Achievement Gap?
Just 12 minutes of aerobic exercise can boost low-income college students’ academic performance. The effect is large enough to close the achievement gap.
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MARK CUBAN: 'The Student Loan Bubble Is Going To Burst'
Mark Cuban thinks colleges are going to go out of business. In a clip on Inc.com, Cuban talks about the student loan bubble, which he says will burst and end badly for colleges. The end of the student loan bubble, Cuban says, will be like the housing bubble, where tuition collapses the way the price of homes collapsed.
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‘Duke Porn Star’: I Lost My Financial Aid
This year, even after student aid, I faced a $47,000 bill to attend Duke University. My turn to porn to close the gap was so famous, in part, due to my reasoning. Faced with either a degree from a less prestigious school or decades of crushing debt, a few hours of work on a porn set revealed itself to be the best way to avoid getting screwed.
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How One College Handled a Sexual Assault Complaint
She was 18 years old, a freshman, and had been on campus for just two weeks when one Saturday night last September her friends grew worried because she had been drinking and suddenly disappeared...
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There Are Now 50 Colleges That Charge More Than $60,000 Per Year
As the average cost of higher education in America continues to rise, at least 50 American colleges and universities are now charging students more than $60,000 per year. We found these numbers by examining the average cost of tuition, fees, room, and board that an incoming student would face over the 2014-15 academic year.
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