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The Search for World-Class Universities
By Robert Morse -
Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings
- November 13, 2007
From China to the U.K., schools vie to be the best on Earth.
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Free Shoes University Keeps NCAA Officials Busy
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 27, 2007
Florida State University's athletes are in trouble for misconduct again.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 16, 2007
*According to the Brown Daily Herald, Brown University prefreshmen say: Summer reading is fun! (They have to read How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton.).
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Nowhere Is Safe: Lawyers Invade the Final Frontier
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 9, 2007
The next time a Klingon slips and falls on Vulcan property, University of Nebraska alumni will be there to handle the lawsuit. Nebraska's law school is scheduled to receive $2 million in federal funding for a space and telecommunications law degree program, the Daily Nebraskan reports.
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One More Excuse for Failing Grades
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- July 6, 2007
Remember Paper Trail's little bit about "math anxiety" a while back? Well, according to a University of Texas researcher, "foreign language anxiety" also exists, the Daily Texan reports. The condition can lead to "hesitancy to practice the language, missed classes and lower grades," which is interesting because that kind of sounds like being a regular irresponsible college student.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 25, 2007
*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?.
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Webcams Are Officially Not Fun Anymore
By Alison Go and Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 20, 2007
Troy University in Alabama will give cameras to 11,000 of its online students to be used during exams, reports the Boston Globe. The move is an attempt to prevent cheating scandals plaguing so many colleges and to boost the online degrees' credibility.
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 19, 2007
* According to a University of California study, GPA is a terrible predictor of college academic success, but turns out, it's not quite as terrible as standardized test scores, Inside Higher Ed reports..
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Trail Mix
By Alison Go and Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 18, 2007
* Apparently the police at UCLA are much more appreciative of some skin than those over at Notre Dame. The California cops blocked traffic and got an eyeful as almost 9,000 Bruins (and a rubber blow-up doll) shed their clothes and celebrated the end of the year during the school's triannual Undie Run, reports the Daily Bruin.
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Grade-Changing Graduate Caught in the Act
By Jackie Mantey -
The Paper Trail
- June 15, 2007
Martin Sedigh receives an F in execution. The 24-year-old financial analyst for Merrill Lynch broke into American University in an attempt to change the grades he received while in school, reports Washington City Paper.
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