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Harvard student, new mom, denied extra time for breastfeeding during medical licensing exam

BOSTON A judge rejected a Harvard student’s request Wednesday for extra break time during her nine-hour medical licensing exam so she could pump breast milk for her infant daughter.

September 18, 2007

Community Colleges

Aging population likely to mean need for more nurses

ASHEVILLE N.C. It was Cynthia Busche’s first day as a nurse in the Mission Hospitals emergency department, but she is no stranger to the nursing world.

September 16, 2007

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Grants & Gifts

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has awarded a $1 million grant to Brown University (R.I.), Rhode Island public schools and community organizations to support a nationwide initiative to increase college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students. The City College of New York and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have received […]

August 22, 2007

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4 promising students symbols of scourge of Newark’s violence

NEWARK N.J. The four college-age friends who were hanging out in a schoolyard late on a Saturday night were the type of children who make hometowns proud, especially hard-luck hometowns like this one.

August 12, 2007

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Fayetteville State says standardized test used incorrectly

FAYETTEVILLE N.C. Fayetteville State University has told nursing students a standardized test that prompted complaints after students failed it won’t be used as part of their grade.

August 12, 2007

Students

A Rich History

Texas HBCUs continue their mission of educating African-American students, while at the same time responding to the state’s changing demographics.

August 8, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Higher Education ‘Mall’ to Offer Courses From Eight Campuses

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Aspiring college students in southern West Virginia will soon have one facility that will allow them access to courses at eight colleges.

August 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Higher education mall to offer courses from 8 campuses

CHARLESTON W.Va. Aspiring college students in southern West Virginia will soon have one facility that will allow them access to courses at eight colleges.

August 6, 2007

Health

Health professionals, once Republican givers, now tilting Democratic

WASHINGTON Health care professionals are giving Democrats a second look after more than a decade of opening their wallets in favor of Republican candidates.

July 28, 2007

Health

More students are entering health care fields of study

SIOUX FALLS S.D. More than 6,000 people are enrolled in health-related programs at South Dakota’s public universities and technical schools, but those in the know say that’s still not enough.

July 27, 2007

Students

University of California aims to raise transfer rates by 38 percent

San Francisco This state, which boasts the nation’s largest two-year college system and one of the best community college student transfer rates, thinks it can do even better.

July 11, 2007

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Television fiction, income reality – Speaking of Education

Popular culture has managed to seep into the curriculum at many universities. Using the lens of television, movies, billboards, and the other media methods that sell us dreams and nightmares and distort our realities, some professors are able to lead students through study and discussion about values, politics, economics, and social issues in our culture.

July 11, 2007