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Feds file new Arizona immigration lawsuit, this time to protect workers – Christian Science Monitor

Weasel Zippers (blog) Feds file new Arizona immigration lawsuit, this time to protect workers Christian Science Monitor The Justice Department alleges that an Arizona public college discriminated against immigrant job candidates. The case could pit states' rights against ... Justice Department Sues AZ Community College System Ms. Magazine Justice Department sues Arizona school system Politico KOLD News 13Justice Dept.
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College Freedom: NAS Denounces Liberal Books, Again

The NAS is at it again, denouncing colleges for the horrible crime of encouraging students to read books with a point of view. This time it's Brooklyn College , which is asking students to read How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? ...
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Preparing For A College Education | best article directory

You've probably heard that by the time your child graduates high school it will take a fortune to go to college . While public colleges and universities are.
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You've probably heard that by the time your child graduates high school it will take a fortune to go to college . While public colleges and universities are reasonable for many families right now, the cost is expected to rise to over ...
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A Community College Education is a Great Start | Look For Edu …

Many people search and search for the University are to visit after graduating from high school. students eager hope his time in college , while their parents...
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Saving Money On Textbooks : Back to school or off to college …It is the time of the summer that both students and their parents feel like ATM machines that have short circuited. You are just bleeding cash. ...
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Why So Serious? Course Promotes Laughter as More Than Best Medicine

There hasn’t been much to laugh about at many schools across the country, what with budget cuts and creative cost-saving measures affecting course offerings and faculty positions. At one North Carolina community college , however, a new course is teaching students how to chuckle, giggle and guffaw, no matter how they feel about the state of affairs outside of the classroom. While the class is targeted at retirees—the noncredit eight-week “Laughter in the Sandhills” is put on by Sandhills Community College’s Center for Creative Retirement—it’s a good example of the kinds of offerings you may not know existed as you focus your attentions instead on the general education requirements in your course catalog. This class is taught by a “certified laughter coach,” according to an article about it in The Fayetteville Observer , and focuses on the positive health benefits behind a good laugh and the right and wrong way to let out a chortle.
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Should You Skip Class? A New Online Tool Weighs the Risk

You’ve already read about the website that allows college students to wager on their grades . A new online tool allows students to calculate not whether they should risk some cash on their academic performance, but whether sleeping in and skipping class is worth their while. The “Should I Skip Class Today?” calculator asks users 10 questions that glean information about how many times that user has that class in question, when the next major test/quiz will be held, and whether that class has an attendance policy, among other criteria. Once they hit submit, users are told whether they’d be safe or sorry if they stayed in bed and skipped class. For example, I was told it was OK to skip class but that I wasn’t completely safe when I gave the calculator a whirl.
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Education: Morning Roundup, Summer Internship Woes

Morning Roundup: From The New York Times : The Coveted but Elusive Summer Internship Between the sputtering economy and updated federal guidelines governing the employment of unpaid interns, many students have had a tougher time than they anticipated in landing résumé-enhancing experience this summer. From the Los Angeles Times : Is outsourcing community college education serving students ...
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A Lucrative Sick Leave?

An administrator at the San Jose/Evergreen Community College District earned a full salary on sick leave this spring while teaching a course at another community college, The San Jose Mercury News reported. Bayinaah Jones, the district's executive director of institutional effectiveness, denied to the newspaper that she engaged in work while on sick leave, but the district confirmed her sick leave and the Foothill-DeAnza Community College District confirmed that she taught there at the time.
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