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UCO to limit printers in effort to save funds

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University of Central Oklahoma officials estimate they will save $478,000 a year by limiting the number of printers on campus and leasing more energy-efficient equipment.

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More Latino students are going away to college

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 11, Clicks: 0)  
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Many find it difficult to break from cultural traditions, but they and their families can see benefits.

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Hacking Inquiry Puts China’s Elite in New Light

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 21, Clicks: 0)  
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Investigators looking into Web attacks on Google traced the intrusions to Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School, elite Chinese schools with strong American ties.

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Conference to focus on textbook of the future

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 3)  
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A conference on textbooks in higher education will focus less on books with straight text and more on electronic course materials and how to bring down the cost of supplemental education guides.

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For UC's Commission on the Future, nothing is off the table

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 13, Clicks: 0)  
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With California's public university system shackled to a shrinking budget, a group of chancellors, students and others considers ideas -- from banal to radical -- to keep quality up and costs down.

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Cal State to push students toward graduation

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.latimes.com (Views: 15, Clicks: 0)  
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Students are to get more individualized support and be reminded of the benefits of getting a degree and the sacrifice required. Administrators have been 'enablers' to dawdlers, one official says

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Duncan urges NCAA to look at graduation rates

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.usatoday.com (Views: 11, Clicks: 0)  
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Wednesday said poor graduation rates among some college basketball programs would improve if the NCAA linked postseason play to the number of student-athletes getting their diplomas.

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Education secretary pushes to revise student loan practices

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.washingtonpost.com (Views: 14, Clicks: 0)  
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Tuesday urged the Senate to overhaul student lending, asserting that the banking industry has had "a free ride from taxpayers for too long" and that executives with lending giant Sallie Mae have enriched themselves as borrowers rack up college debt.

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The Adolescent Brain

Newman sumitted ago via http://www.youtube.com (Views: 18, Clicks: 1)  
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A teen's prefrontal cortex - the piece of brain right behind the forehead that is involved in complex decision making - is not capable of the kind of reasoning that allows most grown-ups to make rational decisions.

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Californians’ bond continues at Langston University

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Four Langston University freshmen described adjusting from the constant noise of police sirens, helicopters and traffic near their Los Angeles-area homes to a more tranquil world in Oklahoma.

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ASU plans big change in teacher training

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.azcentral.com (Views: 19, Clicks: 2)  
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In a quest to turn out better teachers, Arizona State University is shaking up its training program for K-12 educators, requiring students to take more courses in subjects they will teach and fewer on how to teach and understand children.

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The value of team work

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.tulsaworld.com (Views: 17, Clicks: 0)  
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Four Langston University freshmen describe adjusting from the constant noise of police sirens, helicopters and traffic near their Southern California homes to a more tranquil world in Oklahoma.

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Best Values in Public Colleges 2009-10

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The schools in our top 100 best values in public colleges and universities -- led by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for overall value and by Binghamton University (SUNY) for out-of-state value -- continue to deliver strong academics at reasonable prices, in many cases by offering the same or more financial aid as in previous years. But no one can say that it has been easy.

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Annual Poll of Freshmen Shows Effect of Recession

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.nytimes.com (Views: 28, Clicks: 0)  
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The recession hit this year’s college freshmen hard, affecting how they chose a school as well as their ability to pay for it, according to an annual nationwide survey.

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Budget cuts hurt chances at college

nitajo sumitted ago via http://newsok.com (Views: 16, Clicks: 0)  
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College applicants are facing one of the toughest years ever to gain admission to the nation’s public colleges and universities as schools grapple with deep budget cuts and record numbers of applications.

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