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| Date |
News Category |
Article Title |
| February 14, 2012 | College Trends | College Board Report Shows Many Capable Students Do Not Take AP Exams |
| February 13, 2012 | College Trends | Study Shows Education Gap Between Rich And Poor Is Growing |
| February 09, 2012 | College Trends | College Decreases Chances Of Getting Married For Disadvantaged Students |
| February 08, 2012 | College Trends | Shippensburg University Offers Plan B In Campus Vending Machine |
| February 06, 2012 | College Trends | Business Schools Recruit More Veterans |
| February 03, 2012 | College Trends | University Of Vermont To Stop Selling Bottled Water In 2013 |
| February 02, 2012 | College Trends | Disgruntled Law School Graduates Sue Schools |
| February 01, 2012 | College Trends | College Endowments Show Growth In 2011 |
| January 24, 2012 | College Trends | Moody's Report Predicts Mixed Outlook For Higher Education |
| January 23, 2012 | College Trends | Apple E-Textbook Initiative Off To A Good Start |
| January 20, 2012 | College Trends | Colleges Test E-Textbook Program For Bulk Savings |
| January 12, 2012 | College Trends | Political Engagement Among College Students At All Time Low |
| January 09, 2012 | College Trends | Federal Judge Says Law Schools Need To Change |
| January 05, 2012 | College Trends | Daytona State College Rethinks Push For E-Textbooks |
| January 03, 2012 | College Trends | UC Berkeley Chooses Google Over Microsoft For Campus Email |
| December 13, 2011 | College Trends | University Of Nebraska At Kearney Defends Itself Against Housing Discrimination Lawsuit |
| December 06, 2011 | College Trends | Study Says Gender And Income Affect College Completion |
| December 05, 2011 | College Trends | UCF College Students Hold Rise Up Protest |
| December 01, 2011 | College Trends | Colleges Worry About Increasing Illegal Use Of 'Study Drugs' |
| November 28, 2011 | College Trends | Popularity Of Digital Textbooks Continues To Grow |
| November 21, 2011 | College Trends | Boomerang Kid Phenomenon Has Far-Reaching Effects |
| November 18, 2011 | College Trends | Study Shows Job Market For College Graduates Should Improve |
| November 15, 2011 | College Trends | Colleges Encourage More Students To Consider STEM Majors |
| November 14, 2011 | College Trends | More Students Choosing To Study Abroad |
| November 09, 2011 | College Trends | College Endowments Surging But Still Not At Pre-Recession Levels |
| November 08, 2011 | College Trends | Enrollment Of Foreign Graduate School Students Rises |
| November 07, 2011 | College Trends | Students Need To Learn How To Not Plagiarize |
| October 28, 2011 | College Trends | Graduation Rates Among College Athletes Continues To Increase, Says NCAA |
| October 14, 2011 | College Trends | Pearson And Google Launch Free Learning Management System |
| October 13, 2011 | College Trends | New Study Shows That Certain Facebook Activity May Be Linked To Higher GPA |
| September 28, 2011 | College Trends | Study Finds Part-Time Students Are Less Likely To Graduate |
| September 26, 2011 | College Trends | Sewanee Students Complain Of Reduced Scholarships |
| September 23, 2011 | College Trends | Graduate School Enrollment Falls |
| September 16, 2011 | College Trends | Study Says More College Graduates Are Filing For Bankruptcy |
| September 15, 2011 | College Trends | College Board Report Shows SAT Scores Declined For Class Of 2011 |
| September 14, 2011 | College Trends | Report Says America Lags In College Completion |
| September 14, 2011 | College Trends | GMAC Report Shows A Decline In Applications To MBA Programs |
| September 06, 2011 | College Trends | Gates To Become Chancellor At College Of William And Mary |
| September 01, 2011 | College Trends | Students Purchasing More E-Textbooks |
| August 30, 2011 | College Trends | Study Shows More Hispanics Are Going To College |
| August 23, 2011 | College Trends | Beloit College Releases Mindset List For Class Of 2015 |
| August 23, 2011 | College Trends | Economy Loses Billions Due To College Dropouts |
| August 18, 2011 | College Trends | Survey Shows Women Value College More Than Men |
| August 17, 2011 | College Trends | Graduate Schools Accept More International Students |
| August 16, 2011 | College Trends | Student Wants Cornell University To Stop Charging For Internet |
| August 08, 2011 | College Trends | Study Shows Social Networking Can Be Good And Bad For Young Adults |
| August 04, 2011 | College Trends | Sony Lets Students And Programmers Experiment With New PlayStation Move Controller |
| July 27, 2011 | College Trends | Want To Stand Out To Employers? Get A Master's Degree |
| July 20, 2011 | College Trends | Study Shows College Students Lead In Internet Use And Tech Gadget Ownership |
| July 19, 2011 | College Trends | Amazon Launches Kindle Textbook Rental For College Students |
| June 27, 2011 | College Trends | Report Says U.S. Needs An Additional 20 Million College Graduates By 2025 |
| June 22, 2011 | College Trends | Oregon House Passes Bill To Raise College Completion Rates By 2025 |
| June 21, 2011 | College Trends | College Board Reports Show That All Minority Men Face Educational Barriers |
| June 08, 2011 | College Trends | Young Adults With High Debt Have Greater Self-Esteem |
| May 24, 2011 | College Trends | Researchers Analyze The Earnings Of Specific Undergraduate Degrees |
| May 17, 2011 | College Trends | Student Loan Debt And Tough Job Market Send College Graduates Back Home |
| May 04, 2011 | College Trends | Report Shows Prison Inmates Have Limited Access To College Education |
| May 04, 2011 | College Trends | YouTube Partners With USC And Columbia College Chicago To Offer Filmmaking Courses |
| April 26, 2011 | College Trends | Me, Myself And I: Studies Show College Students Are More Narcissistic Than Before |
| April 20, 2011 | College Trends | Young Adults Say They Are Unsatisfied With Their High School Education |
| April 12, 2011 | College Trends | U.S. Graduate School Applications From International Students On The Rise |
| April 04, 2011 | College Trends | Monty To The Rescue: Yale Helps Law Students De-Stress |
| March 30, 2011 | College Trends | Teachers And Twitter: Professors Who Post Personal Tweets Are More Credible, Study Shows |
| March 25, 2011 | College Trends | Spring Break And Melanoma: College Students Beware |
| March 18, 2011 | College Trends | Universities Across The US Begin Recalling Students Studying Abroad In Japan |
| March 17, 2011 | College Trends | Graduation Rates Of Student Athletes On The Forefront As March Madness Begins |
| March 10, 2011 | College Trends | Stanford University Said To Give Student Athletes List Of Easy Classes |
| March 01, 2011 | College Trends | Meatless Monday Stirs Up Controversy At Bowdoin College |
| February 28, 2011 | College Trends | Tanning Salons Attract More College Students Despite Risks Of Skin Cancer |
| February 28, 2011 | College Trends | UVA Spices Curricula Up With Flash Seminars |
| February 24, 2011 | College Trends | Students Say They Feel Guilty When Texting In Class |
| February 15, 2011 | College Trends | NCAA Study Shows Student-Athletes Spend Less Time On Academics |
| February 14, 2011 | College Trends | Apple IPad Passes Reed College Test |
| February 10, 2011 | College Trends | Gates Foundation Invests $2 Million In Social Media Product To Improve College Retention |
| February 02, 2011 | College Trends | American Colleges Receive 28 Billion Dollars In Donations In 2010 |
| January 31, 2011 | College Trends | Governor Bobby Jindal Defends UNO And SUNO Merger |
| January 28, 2011 | College Trends | College Retention Rates Improve At Two Year Schools, Decline At Four Year Schools |
| January 19, 2011 | College Trends | New Study Finds That College Students Are Not Learning |
| January 18, 2011 | College Trends | Study Reveals Top Cities For College Graduates |
| January 14, 2011 | College Trends | College Graduation Rates Important To Parents, Study Shows |
| January 11, 2011 | College Trends | College Board Revamps A.P. Biology And U.S. History Exams |
| January 06, 2011 | College Trends | Text Messaging And Facebook Replace Email For Younger Generation |
| December 30, 2010 | College Trends | Universities Introduce Accelerated Degree Programs |
| December 22, 2010 | College Trends | American Students Head To U.K. For College |
| December 13, 2010 | College Trends | Nearly 90 Percent Of Graduates Say College Was Worth It |
| December 08, 2010 | College Trends | Foreign Language Study Increases Among College Students |
| December 07, 2010 | College Trends | Panel Recommends Adding Online Courses And Out-Of-State Students To UC System |
| December 03, 2010 | College Trends | College Graduation Rates Stay The Same, Report Shows |
| November 30, 2010 | College Trends | IPad Prominent At MBA Programs |
| November 24, 2010 | College Trends | More Colleges Focus On Social Entrepreneurship |
| November 22, 2010 | College Trends | FDA Bans Alcoholic Energy Drinks; College Students Stock Up On Four Loko |
| November 17, 2010 | College Trends | Study Abroad Participation Among U.S. College Students Dropped Slightly In 2008-09 School Year |
| November 15, 2010 | College Trends | College Students Who Use Twitter Earn Higher Grades, Study Shows |
| November 11, 2010 | College Trends | College Board Brings Back AP Italian Language And Culture Program |
| November 09, 2010 | College Trends | More International Students Enroll In U.S. Graduate Schools |
| November 08, 2010 | College Trends | Universities Encourage Professors To Live With Students In Residence Halls |
| November 04, 2010 | College Trends | Wikipedia Launches Public Policy Initiative At U.S. Universities |
| November 03, 2010 | College Trends | Lady Gaga 101: University Of South Carolina Offers Sociology Class On Pop Star Fame |
| November 02, 2010 | College Trends | College Students Opt Not To Vote During Midterm Elections |
| October 28, 2010 | College Trends | NCAA Data Shows Graduation Rates Are Higher Among Student Athletes |
| October 27, 2010 | College Trends | Federal Reserve Report Shows Credit Card Companies Paid Colleges $83 Million |
| October 21, 2010 | College Trends | Graduation Rates Lag For Men And Minorities But Rise For Young Women |
| October 19, 2010 | College Trends | CSU Orders Site To Stop Selling Students' Lecture Notes |
| October 18, 2010 | College Trends | New Jersey College Bans Alcoholic Energy Drinks |
| October 14, 2010 | College Trends | UCLA And SDSU Offer Indigenous Language Classes But Not Sign Language |
| October 12, 2010 | College Trends | University Of Washington Researchers Find American Students Drink More While Studying Abroad |
| October 08, 2010 | College Trends | College Educated Adults Now More Likely To Get Married |
| October 07, 2010 | College Trends | Wyclef Jean Named Visiting Fellow For Brown University Haitian Initiative |
| October 01, 2010 | College Trends | Colleges Provide Alternatives To Bottled Water In An Attempt To Reduce Their Use |
| September 29, 2010 | College Trends | Bunker Hill Community College Offers Midnight Classes |
| September 28, 2010 | College Trends | Gates Foundation Awards Four Cities Grants To Boost College Graduation Rates |
| September 23, 2010 | College Trends | Facebook Founder Donates $100 Million To Newark, New Jersey Public School System |
| September 21, 2010 | College Trends | College Board Study Examines The Value Of A College Degree |
| September 21, 2010 | College Trends | College Students Still Testing The IPad Waters |
| September 20, 2010 | College Trends | University Of Florida Considers Changing Its Academic Calendar |
| September 17, 2010 | College Trends | University Of Texas Opens First Bookless College Library |
| September 15, 2010 | College Trends | First Time In History That Women Earn More Doctoral Degrees Than Men |
| September 14, 2010 | College Trends | Yale Plans To Create Liberal Arts College In Singapore |
| September 10, 2010 | College Trends | Universities Experiment With Blocking Social Media Sites Like Facebook And Twitter |
| September 01, 2010 | College Trends | Mobile Learning Market Sees Growth Due To E-Readers And Learning Management Systems |
| August 31, 2010 | College Trends | Video Games Are A Teaching Tool In Some College Courses |
| August 31, 2010 | College Trends | New Social Networking Site CollegeOnly Is Backed By PayPal Co-Founder And Unlike Facebook Is For College Students Only |
| August 27, 2010 | College Trends | GMAC Report Shows A Decline In Applications For Full-Time MBA Programs |
| August 20, 2010 | College Trends | Study Finds Facebook May Predict College Retention |
| August 18, 2010 | College Trends | New Jersey Leads Nation In Graduation Rates For African American Male Students |
| August 17, 2010 | College Trends | More Textbook Rental Options For College Students |
| August 16, 2010 | College Trends | ACTA Grades More Than 700 Colleges On General Education |
| August 12, 2010 | College Trends | More Schools Let College Freshmen Choose Their Own Roommates On Facebook |
| August 11, 2010 | College Trends | Website Lets College Students Place A Bet On Their Grades |
| August 10, 2010 | College Trends | Despite Some Reservations The Apple IPad Is Still Expected To Succeed In College |
| July 29, 2010 | College Trends | More Needs To Be Done To Stop Excessive College Drinking |
| July 28, 2010 | College Trends | Library Of Congress Announces Exemption To DMCA That Benefits College Professors |
| July 22, 2010 | College Trends | University Students And Faculty Welcome The Apple IPad |
| July 21, 2010 | College Trends | Stanford Engineering Library Transitions To Electronic Books |
| July 19, 2010 | College Trends | Harvard Says Goodbye To Final Exams |
| July 13, 2010 | College Trends | Researchers Find Study Abroad Programs Improve Academic Performance |
| July 07, 2010 | College Trends | Books Are Here To Stay: Kindle And IPad Not Ready For College Classrooms |
| June 30, 2010 | College Trends | Government Says E-Reader Must Be Accessible To All |
| June 29, 2010 | College Trends | Senate Passes Bill Requiring Professors To Select Cheapest Textbooks |
| June 28, 2010 | College Trends | Supreme Court Says Campus Group Must Comply With Anti Bias Rules |
| June 25, 2010 | College Trends | Debate Over Pharmaceutical Funding For Continuing Medical Education |
| June 24, 2010 | College Trends | Law Schools Hope Grade Inflation Will Help Students |
| June 23, 2010 | College Trends | Educators Say Universities Need To Adapt In Order To Stay Relevant |
| June 18, 2010 | College Trends | Knight Commission Tries To Restore Balance Between Academics And Athletics |
| June 15, 2010 | College Trends | Nontraditional Students Increasing |
| June 09, 2010 | College Trends | New Electronic Textbook Reader Introduced |
| June 03, 2010 | College Trends | Academic Leader Opposes Three Year Degrees |
| May 26, 2010 | College Trends | Most College Students Prefer Printed Textbooks |
| May 17, 2010 | College Trends | College Is Not Necessarily The Right Choice For Everyone |
| May 03, 2010 | College Trends | Four Year Degrees Not The Norm |
| April 28, 2010 | College Trends | College Students Addicted To Social Media |
| April 20, 2010 | College Trends | Mixed Reactions To I-Pads On Campus |
| April 08, 2010 | College Trends | Universities Embrace New I-Pads |
| April 07, 2010 | College Trends | Programs Help First-Generation College Students |
| March 24, 2010 | College Trends | Legislators Aim To Cut College Textbook Costs |
| March 09, 2010 | College Trends | College Professors Banning Laptops |
| March 03, 2010 | College Trends | States Focus On College Completion |
| February 24, 2010 | College Trends | Mixed Reactions To Kindle DX |
| February 22, 2010 | College Trends | Professors Will Be Able To Revise New Electronic Textbook |
| February 18, 2010 | College Trends | Pilot Program Will Graduate High School Students After Two Years |
| February 08, 2010 | College Trends | Hispanic Serving Institutions Increasing |
| January 11, 2010 | College Trends | High Schools Offering College-Credit Courses |
| January 05, 2010 | College Trends | Latino Students Increasing At Universities |
| January 04, 2010 | College Trends | Facebook Linking College Students And Administrators |
| December 23, 2009 | College Trends | For-Profit Colleges Filling A Niche |
| December 11, 2009 | College Trends | Study Focuses On Reasons Students Leave College |
| December 01, 2009 | College Trends | Colleges Work To Improve Retention Rates |
| November 13, 2009 | College Trends | Universities Say New Kindle Discriminates Against The Blind |
| November 13, 2009 | College Trends | Students And Professors 'Friending' On Facebook |
| November 05, 2009 | College Trends | Mixed Reactions To Using Twitter In College Classes |
| November 03, 2009 | College Trends | Nursing Students Utilizing High-Tech Mannequins |
| October 29, 2009 | College Trends | Colleges Focus On Improving Graduation Rates |
| October 29, 2009 | College Trends | Schools Step Up International Recruiting |
| October 23, 2009 | College Trends | More Accelerated Masters Programs Being Offered |
| October 15, 2009 | College Trends | Tenure-Track Positions Becoming Less Common |
| October 13, 2009 | College Trends | Three-Year Degrees Catching On |
| October 12, 2009 | College Trends | Colleges Implementing Mentorship Programs |
| October 08, 2009 | College Trends | Hispanic Students Face Challenges To Staying In College |
| October 05, 2009 | College Trends | Some Students Uncomfortable With New Kindle E-Book Reader |
| October 01, 2009 | College Trends | Historically Black Colleges Becoming More Diverse |
| September 29, 2009 | College Trends | U.S. Students Enrolling At Canadian Colleges |
| September 28, 2009 | College Trends | Free Electronic Textbooks Being Made Available |
| September 23, 2009 | College Trends | Recession Helping Colleges Expand Facilities |
| September 17, 2009 | College Trends | Study Says Fewer Students Enrolling In Study Abroad Programs |
| September 11, 2009 | College Trends | Study Explores Why Selective Colleges Produce More Graduates |
| September 10, 2009 | College Trends | For-Profit College Enrollment Surging |
| September 09, 2009 | College Trends | University Offering Wii Performance Course |
| August 31, 2009 | College Trends | Students Consider Passions When Choosing Majors |
| August 14, 2009 | College Trends | Colleges And Universities Eliminating Academic Departments |
| August 11, 2009 | College Trends | Textbooks Available On IPhone And IPod Touch |
| July 20, 2009 | College Trends | Survey Indicates Mixed News For Private Colleges |
| July 16, 2009 | College Trends | Some Students Earning Degrees In Three Years |
| July 01, 2009 | College Trends | New Pharmacy Schools Opening In Maine |
| June 04, 2009 | College Trends | Study Indicates Poor National Graduation Performance |
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