NY Times: While students at other colleges cram into shoebox-size dorm rooms, Ms. Alarab, a management major, and Ms. Foster, who is studying applied math, come home from midterms to chill out under the stars in a curvaceous swimming pool and an adjoining Jacuzzi behind the rapidly depreciating McMansion that they have rented for a […]
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The following is a guest post by Jemima Lopez. If you’re in college, chances are you’re broke. Poverty is something of a rite of passage that goes along with pursuing secondary education — at the same time, just because you’re trying to get another degree doesn’t mean you have to be penniless. But, unless you
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Peninsula Daily: Student carpenters in the green building program at Peninsula College are working on their first mini-home. The students, who began work in February on the structure at the Lincoln Center in Port Angeles, are finishing its exterior this month and expect to complete the interior in the fall. They hope to sell the
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When I was a kid, teachers would confiscate all kinds of stuff from unruly students. Knives, radios, yo-yos, you name it. If a kid could buy it, chances are that there was at least one of them in every teachers’ junk drawer. Today, in the age of cellphones, having your property confiscated by the teacher
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Greenville News: Susanne LaFaye went into special education because she wanted to help kids in a different way than she could in a regular classroom setting. At Travelers Rest High School, LaFaye has found her niche. LaFaye, named this year’s Teacher of the Year at Travelers Rest High, is a resource teacher who works with
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Kuwait News Agency: A Kuwaiti researcher has invented a system to control presence and absence of students in schools and universities and has registered his new invention with the Intellectual Property Office in Britain. Named (system and method for monitoring and motivating students to attend), Associated Professor of education and director of research and development
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Who is an ‘A’ student anyway? They’re the best in their field. They know a lot about one topic. They are also not a representative of the entrepreneurial world as a whole. While they know a plenty, they do not know enough about everything. Business Insider takes a closer look at the comparison between grade
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The argument over college versus no college for entrepreneurs may rage on, but at Yale students are pitching their business ideas for the chance to receive funding, according to The New Haven Register. Called “Demo Day,†the annual event has grown into a major opportunity for young Yale start-ups to find the seed money they
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Fast Casual: Buffalo Wild Wings recently awarded its inaugural scholarships at the Hospitality Minnesota Education Foundation (HMEF) Scholarship Luncheon, which recognizes students furthering their education in the hospitality industry. Kiah Fast of Truman, Minn., and Joshua Walbolt of Elk River, Minn., are the first recipients of the Buffalo Wild Wings Founders Scholarships. Walbolt is graduating
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The Franchise Magazine: The franchise owner of Molly Maid Bath, Regina MacDonald, recently visited Monkton Combe Senior School to assist Year 11 pupils with their controlled GCSE Business Studies assessment. Recognised as one of the top Molly Maid franchise owners who has achieved the highest sales growth for 2010 across the network, MacDonald was invited
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