A report from Times of India: SHAREANDDISCUSS PATNA: Patna University (PU) has decided to get all its hostels vacated for their repair and renovation during the forthcoming summer vacation. The decision was taken at a meeting of the PU’s board of residence held here under the chairmanship of vice-chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh on Friday. A [...]
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A report from NPR: When Terry Walls of Springfield, Mo., decided to go back to college at age 52, he wanted to put to rest a family rumor. He had heard his mother was denied admission to Missouri State University, and he was pointed toward Meyer Library on the MSU campus for answers. There, he [...]
(more»)A report from San Francisco Chronicle: Applying to colleges is the starkest economic lesson most high school seniors learn. All of a sudden, unlimited desires (you want the best education possible) crash head-on into the reality of finite resources (you can only afford to spend so much on tuition). Some students and their parents don’t [...]
(more»)A report from WJTV: By: BETH J. HARPAZ | Associated PressPublished: May 16, 2012 Updated: May 16, 2012 – 1:32 PM NEW YORK – NEW YORK (AP) Gap years are all the rage, and the rationales are many: Take a year off between high school and college to work, travel, learn a language or skill, [...]
(more»)A report from ABC News: Sam Helderop received an acceptance letter from Michigan’s Hope College this spring, but has no intention of going — at least not in the fall of 2012. The college has allowed him to defer his admission, and Helderop will take a gap year to teach English with the DaLaa project [...]
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