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Jeremy Lin Has Burst From N.B.A. Novelty Act to Knicks Star
Jeremy Lin, an Asian-American Harvard graduate, couldn’t find a role in the league. Then he scored 53 points in two games for the Knicks.
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When College Rankings Are Inflated
Three responses to news articles about the recent scandal.
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The Jobs Council’s Work
Three members of President Obama’s Jobs Council object to criticisms in an editorial.
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School Linked to Sex-Abuse Claims Will Replace Faculty
The Los Angeles Unified School District announced the move to parents after two teachers at Miramonte Elementary School were arrested last week on accusations of sexual abuse.
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Flood the Zone
President Obama should return to his community-organizing roots and remember the importance of leveraging diversity to solve problems.
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Collaboration Brings Google to French Business School
In "Google@HEC," a series of lectures, seminars and meetings for students will be led by digital entrepreneurs and Google employees.
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Despite Focus on Data, Standards for Diploma May Still Lack Rigor
Grading instructions with sample answers suggest that the bar to pass the New York State English Regents exam is surprisingly low.
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Cancer Center, in Suit, Claims Ex-Official Took Research
The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.
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The Church and the Birth Control Ruling
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Australian Universities Defend Alternative-Medicine Teaching
A group campaigning against alternative medicine has told Australian universities that they are risking their reputations by teaching subjects like chiropractic, homeopathy, iridology and reflexology.
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International Students Pay Top Dollar at U.S. Colleges
At the University of Washington, 18 percent of the freshmen are foreigners, and each pays about three times as much as students from Washington State.
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Smaller Colleges Rely on Paid Student Recruiters Overseas
Green River Community College, south of Seattle, has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them recruited by agents who get 15 percent of the $9,732 first-year tuition.
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The Upside of Dyslexia
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Pennsylvania Schools’ Funding Fight Pits District Against Charter
The Chester Upland district’s fiscal woes – it is bordering on insolvency – are compounded by a charter school with which it shares its financing.
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The Quarterback’s Tangled Saga
New York Times reporting on Yale’s Patrick Witt and his quest for a Rhodes scholarship left important issues unresolved, and some readers thought it was unfair.
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Giants’ Cruz Defied Odds at UMass
Victor Cruz, the Giants’ leading receiver, followed a winding road to the N.F.L., including twice being kicked out of UMass for academic reasons.
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Open Marriage’s New 15 Minutes
An allegation by Newt Gingrich’s second wife provides an unexpected publicity bounce for advocates of open marriage.
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Rhodes Trust Gives Account of Quarterback’s Candidacy
The Rhodes Trust confirmed that it had put on hold the candidacy of the quarterback, Patrick J. Witt, upon learning that a fellow student had filed a complaint against him.
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Reining In College Tuition
When a college education is critical in today’s economy, a national discussion on how to make public institutions more affordable is long overdue.
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Sallie Mae to Change Forbearance Fee Policy
A petition on Change.org helped bring about the lender’s new rule on forbearance fees.
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