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How you can help students across Maryland understand the value of a college education while perfecting your own oratory skills.
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Read More »Practicing what you speak
Harvard: Race can only help, never harm, applicants’ chances
Harvard University intentionally uses a vague "personal rating" to reject Asian-American applicants in favor of students from other racial backgrounds, according to lawyers on one side of a trial that began Monday and carries weighty implications for dozens of other U.S. colleges.
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Read More »Rich grad, poor grad
An ode to loan payments and financial planning, plus a soup recipe.
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Read More »Mass. top court: Schools can be liable for suicides but clears MIT
Schools can be held liable for student suicides in certain circumstances, Massachusetts' highest court said Monday in a ruling that also cleared the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of responsibility for the death of a graduate student who killed himself on campus in 2009.
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Read More »This is your brain. This is your brain (and your wallet) on Chipotle.
Lessons from Little Rock
K-through-12 education is vital to this nation’s future and is something that needs to be addressed by local governments on a regular basis, not just during an election year.
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Read More »This court case could unshackle Americans from student debt
When Robert Murphy said he wanted to try to get his student loan debt erased, the person overseeing his bankruptcy case told him he had a better shot of getting hit by a bus. Now he’s closer than ever to ...
Read More »Testy over tests: Students snub standardized exams
When it comes to standardized tests, parents across the country are (a) concerned; (b) demanding change; (c) pulling tens of thousands of children out of the exams; or (d) making themselves heard at the top levels of government.
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Read More »Faster airport screening set for military students
Students of four U.S. military service academies are now eligible for expedited airport screening.
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Read More »Social media rules revisited by university system
A proposal to relax the rules governing student and faculty use of social media is expected to be approved Friday by University System of Maryland officials.
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