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New research has shown that female students are twice as likely to end up in debt at university as their male counterparts owing to poor personal finance skills and the large amounts of stress placed on them.
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According to a 2014 Spectrem’s Millionaire Corner wealth level study, 39 percent of senior Millionaires over the age of 65 consider financing their grandchildren’s education one of their primary concerns.
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Seattle -
Four people were shot and wounded Thursday at a Seattle college campus before teachers and other school workers were able to disarm him.
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A recent study found that students pay more and pay longer to go to school in colleges that have more highly paid leaders.
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It is recognized that the high pay of corporate CEOs is connected to the low pay of the employees. Did you know that public universities are exactly the same? They are, according to a recent study.
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Students at several universities around the country have made what they believe is a reasonable request: to be given a heads up if any material they are assigned to read contains any material that may be upsetting to them.
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“Burden to Bear is especially precious to me because it’s my first album,” says soul/pop artist Lael Summer, currently a student in the University of Southern California’s elite Popular Music program and signed to New York’s True Groove Records.
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London -
University researchers are working on a system that could quash rumours spreading on social media by identifying whether information is accurate.Five European universities, led by Sheffield in northern England, are cooperating on a system that could au...
In the Media
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The University of Oregon is investigating an out of control snowball fight, and trying to figure out if it turned criminal after students started to throw snowballs at moving cars at an intersection.
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Barcelona -
Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona in Spain made an exciting and fascinating discovery recently. They found the bones of four people, dating back some 6,400 years and the funerary rites were unlike anything they had seen before.
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Dar Es Salaam -
This month, children's entertainer Diana Josephat will board a ship and sing songs. An entertainer told journalists, yesterday.
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Dar Es Salaam -
Today morning, the shaking of music, the jingle of triangles and the beat of drums resound from a University of Dar es Salaam classroom.
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Dar Es Salaam -
Strong competition means campus teams are fighting to protect the title. College Challenge 2013 is nearing the end — but victory for University of Dar es Salaam athletes is anything but guaranteed, says organizer Pauline Wanja.
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As summer turns to autumn, the annual migration of college and university students returning to school begins. No doubt the subject of auto insurance will be a concern for students driving their own car on campus or visiting their parents during holidays.
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It's almost September, which means students are starting to prepare for heading back to school. For those starting university, the experience can be daunting. Here are essential tips for any new post-secondary student.
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Washington -
After more than four years as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Napolitano announced in a statement today that she will be leaving the post to head the University of California System.
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Middle class pocketbooks were hit hard by the Great Recession, and with the cost of attending a four-year university increasing faster than the rate of inflation, many have found that the price of attaining a college degree is simply out of reach.
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A project “Metrics Mania” will compare the institutional research productivity between the 64 colleges and universities from across the U.S. The 64 institutions are each competing in the 'March Madness' of college basketball.
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Canadian students, enrolled in food science, culinary arts or a related discipline, will be taking part in an event based around pulses. Some forty teams are set to take part in Mission ImPULSEible, to test their culinary and economic skills.
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The case of Landen Gambill has sparked outrage by sexual assault victims and advocates alike. It has also led to some questioning the validity of Gambill's claims.
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What is the value of institutionalized education?
That’s the question British rapper-poet Suli Amoako (known as Suli Breaks) poses in his video “Why I Hate School But Love Education,” the latest of spoken word videos to go viral this year.
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Madrid -
Emulating a similar event by Chilean students, a group of administrative workers, teachers and students from Complutense University got together in a zombie flash mob dance in the defense of public university.
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Unigo, a college resource website, has released their "50 Shades of Cray" list, which ranks America's top ten party schools.
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You’ve just graduated with a bachelor’s degree. You work full-time at Starbucks to pay off your student loans, while you search for jobs in your discipline on the side. Months later, you find yourself back where you first started.
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Saskatoon -
One of the world's few particle accelerators, the synchrotron at Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon creates incredibly strong beams of light to help researchers with medical and environmental science experiments.
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College Station -
College Station, Texas, police report that one police officer and two civilians are dead, including the gunman, after an early afternoon shooting near the Texas A&M Campus. Police say this may have been a case of an eviction gone wrong.
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Oxford -
One would imagine Oxford University to have a strict dress code but this is no longer true. For Oxford University has moved with the times and changed its once strict dress code.
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Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy will be getting a cow from a student who graduates next week, and will make the trip to Africa to retrieve the animal.
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Kano -
Gunmen attacked church services on the campus of Bayero University in the city of Kano, Nigeria, on Sunday. The attackers used explosives to draw the worshipers out and then opened fire on them as the fled, killing about 20 people and wounding several.
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Saudi Arabia is enforcing a law to ban gays and "tom boys" (lesbians) from attending schools and universities in the country.
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Owners of first and second place spots in line at Tent City. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
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Goodyear blimp flying over University of Arkansas campus. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
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Turkish university students with Lonna Lisa Williams
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Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy.
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University of Colorado 2009 - 420 Celebration- Clouds of Pot Smoke rising above the crowd of almost 15,000 well-behaved, stoned and smiling partiers.
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University of Toronto, St. George campus as seen from the Robarts Library.
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Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy.
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Napping helped to pass the time for Tent City residents. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
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Admin, teachers and students at a Madrid University perform a protest zombie flash mob
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Tent City at the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
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Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy.
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Handout from a now-defunct university course in homoeopathy.
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Tent City lines Stadium Drive for nearly a half mile. University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark. September 24, 2010.
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The Minister of State for Science and Technology, Canada, Gary Goodyear meeting the Indian Minister for Human Resource Development, Kapil Sibal, in New Delhi on November 09, 2010.
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LOCKDOWN: Photo shows Peterson Hall, the former administration building, on the Seattle Pacific University campus in Seattle.
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Old Main on the campus of the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark.
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Faculty of biology and medicine at Complutense University in Madrid, Spain
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University students relaxing near their quad
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CyFair region of Lone Star College
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