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Why good students don't reach college

Support during the complex application process is key, a new Chicago study finds.
College scholarships revitalize Arkansas town

One oil company's offer to pay tuition for all graduating seniors brings hope and economic development to El Dorado.
Amid loan worries, a silver lining for students

Almost half of college students fail to collect all of the federal loans – fixed at 6.8 percent – that they are eligible to receive.
Shy school librarian finds success as author

Laura Schlitz lives out her own real-life fable – her children's book is 'discovered,' wins a prestigious award, and fame comes knocking.
How schools use the Iditarod as an instructional tool

The world's most famous sled-dog race becomes a way to teach math, science, and history in classrooms around the world.
Focus on algebra, U.S. panel tells schools

To catch up with other nations in math, schools should teach fewer topics in more depth, it says.
Georgia brawl over single-sex school plan

Greene County is poised to divide public schools by gender, but a court challenge is likely.
Home-schoolers reel from California court blow

A ruling that parents in the state 'do not have a constitutional right' to home-school their children prompts anger, confusion. Schwarzenegger may ask legislature to intervene.
Meet the 'proverbial' scholar

Wolfgang Mieder has collected more than 10,000 items relating to truths in 10 words or less.
Iraq war veterans receive guidance for a higher education

Some colleges develop programs to teach wounded vets the process of applying for, attending, and paying for school.
In the Bronx, a class with conservation at its core

At the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, the zoo is more than a field trip – and fieldwork covers topics from temperate forests to river turbidity.
Private colleges' crime records going public

A Connecticut commission ruled last week that Yale University must provide access to campus police personnel records. It's the latest in a series of rulings mandating greater openness at private universities.
Chicago looks to 'turnarounds' to lift failing schools

The unproven reform includes firing a school's entire staff.
How to reengineer an engineering major at a women's college

A Smith College professor's program may provide a pattern for how to attract and keep women engineers.
After the tornadoes: Rebuilding a campus, piece by piece

Officials at Union University in Tennessee scour buildings for possessions, clean up debris – and plan for providing an education on a campus splintered by a tornado.
Refugees find refuge as college students in Vermont

Champlain College awards scholarships to Rwandans, Vietnamese, and others, enriching recipients and fellow students.
Nationwide 'teach-in' planned to address climate change

Piles of coal, battling windmills, and political leaders descend on college campuses.
Big boost to college aid unlikely despite moves by Yale and Harvard

Most schools don't have the funds to follow the lead of well-endowed universities.
Wing and a prayer propel a young black pilot to aviation records

Barrington Irving shunned the drugs and gangs of his Miami neighborhood for his dream of flying – now he helps other kids soar.
Maine program brightens college prospects – at birth

Foundation offers $500 grants to all newborns – provided their parents open a college-savings account.