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News, articles and information about higher education and preparing to apply to institutions of higher learning. Other issues include college loans, grants, scholarships and the admissions process.
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Project seeks 1 million veterans to give blood, DNA for disease research
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is looking for a few good men and women to volunteer for a battle it's waging at home — against disease.
Actually, more than a few are needed. Officials overseeing health care for the nation's veterans are...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Research, Plavix (drug), Johns Hopkins University, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs
Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.
But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...Tags: Duke University, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Stress, Teaching and Learning, College Sports
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APG joins University of Delaware in effort to improve care for wounded warriors, civilians
The Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center and the University of Delaware have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement to collaborate on an orthopedic rehabilitation project that will improve rehabilitative care for wounded...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Medical Research, U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School
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Bill would limit public information requests of professors
In Virginia, the attorney general, skeptical of global warming, tried to use his subpoena powers to build a fraud case against a climatology professor. In Wisconsin, Republican Party officials sought the emails of a history professor, trying to...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), University of Baltimore, University of Virginia, The Pennsylvania State University, Global Warming
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UM, federal officials discuss ideas to reduce college costs
Andrew York hopes to bring better health services to desperately poor Native Americans when he's done earning dual degrees in law and pharmacy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. But he might not be able to afford that modest-paying career path...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, John P. Sarbanes, Students, Barack Obama
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Connecting to careers
My two teenage granddaughters are high school seniors. They both plan to take next year off before entering college while they try to figure out how to connect to adult roles. How will they fit in the wider community? What are the careers where they...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Concerts, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University
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Now's the time to save
Education beyond high school is a key to success later in life. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 62 percent of all U.S. jobs now require a minimum of two-year or four-year degrees or special post-secondary training. That number is expected to...Tags: Tuition Planning Services, Employment, Employment, Colleges and Universities, Employment Opportunities
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Maryland's HBCUs have outlived their usefulness
Whether Maryland's historically black colleges and universities can compete in producing graduates commensurate in ability with those of other institutions in the state should be the sole factor in determining their funding ("Md. fails to keep its promise...Tags: Discrimination, Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, University System of Maryland, Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Redesigned UMBC courses are part of a statewide effort
The Sun's high praise for the course design innovations at the University of Maryland Baltimore County is well deserved ("A Model Institution," Dec. 27). UMBC's success in transforming courses in fundamental chemistry, mathematics and physics has led to...Tags: Frostburg State University, Concerts, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Exhibit brings together 'Eureka' moments in science
Earle Havens can almost hear their voices.
Each time Havens steps inside the George Peabody Library, he senses the muted exclamations, the murmured back-and-forth of a conversation that's been going on now for more than two millennia.
In one corner,...Tags: Entertainment Events, Oncology, Colleges and Universities, Applied Physics, Johns Hopkins University
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UMD law clinic sues on behalf of the 1 percent
The University of Maryland Carey School of Law Environmental Law Clinic's pro bono legal services for the Waterkeepers Alliance are supporting organizations that would qualify as 1 percenters if they were individuals. Associate Dean Teresa LaMaster...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Politics, Environmental Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
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Md. fails to keep its promise to HBCUs
Maryland is attempting to renege on its obligation to provide sufficient funding to make its historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) comparable and competitive with other public universities in Maryland in terms of mission, academic program...Tags: Coppin State University, Justice and Rights, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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