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Higher Education
            What Spurs Students to Stay in College and Learn? Good Teaching Practices and Diversity - chronicle.com
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Good teaching and exposure to students from diverse backgrounds are some of the strongest predictors of whether freshmen return for a second year of college and improve their critical thinking skills, say two prominent...
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            Penn State, my final loss of faith - washingtonpost.com
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I’m 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of State College, acquaintance of Jerry Sandusky’s, and a product of his Second Mile foundation.
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            Final Cut: Words to Strike from Your Resume - forbes.com
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If you've applied for a job recently, you've probably looked over that summary of your career more times than you can count—and tweaked it just as often—in pursuit of the perfect resume. Here are some additional words to trim.
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            Related Stories - insidehighered.com
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For-profit colleges have had a rough year. Strengthened federal regulations, bad press and a slumping economy have led to steep declines in new student enrollments at most of the publicly traded institutions -- a dip of 47...
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            Educated And Jobless: What's Next For Millenials? - npr.org
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The Occupy Wall Street protests have turned a spotlight on the growing frustration among the millennial generation, a group that has suffered crushing student loan debt and high rates of unemployment. But some say inflated...
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