Counselors Ride in the Tour d'Admission
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Jessica Calefati
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The Paper Trail - July 16, 2009
Six college counselors are cycling through campuses in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware.
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School's Out for Summer, Literally
By
Zach Miners
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On Education - July 6, 2009
States' budgetary woes are forcing districts to reduce summer school offerings.
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College Roundup: 4/20-4/24
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - April 27, 2009
NYU makes SAT/ACT optional; Quinnipiac volleyball team sues school after being axed.
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What to Expect if You Were Wait-Listed
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Kim Clark
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Education - April 6, 2009
Many colleges expect to admit more wait-listed students this year, but that news is bittersweet.
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Hopkins Cuts Admissions Budget
By
Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - March 13, 2009
Officials will take fewer and shorter recruitment trips.
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30 Percent Jump in Applications to Hopkins's Education Program
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - March 13, 2009
A bad economy is nudging people into teaching, dean says.
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America's Best Leaders: Benjamin Carson, Surgeon and Children's Advocate
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Avery Comarow
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Nation & World - November 19, 2008
A talented pediatric neurosurgeon and activist for inner-city kids.
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Johns Hopkins Grads Treated to Overemphatic Bill Nye
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Alison Go
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The Paper Trail - June 6, 2008
Wearing the signature bowtie, Bill Nye, the self-described "deep spacey loser," told Johns Hopkins students to "CHANGE THE WORLD," with booming voice and expressive hand motions to match.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail - February 16, 2007
The Spartan Daily has a long profile today explaining how a Sudanese refugee made his way to San Jose State.
At Johns Hopkins, minority recruitment strategies have worked; applications from underrepresented minorities have risen 69 percent since 2003--from 1,220 to 2,070, the Newsletter reports.
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Another Rally at Hopkins Responds to 'Halloween in the Hood' Party
The Paper Trail - December 5, 2006
Debate over a Halloween party invitation that Johns Hopkins University officials say "made broad stereotypical references to African-Americans and derogatory references to Baltimore" continued last week with a rally. But this protest was not thrown by the NAACP; instead, it was hosted by students supporting Justin Park, the Sigma Chi brother who was suspended from the university until 2008 for making the invitation.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail - November 7, 2006
*Texas Christian University's first ever "ranch management" major will graduate soon, the Daily Skiff reports..
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