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New Fafsa Rules to Eliminate Frustrating Financial Aid Problem
After holiday celebrations are over, students who plan on attending college next fall should begin preparing for a looming financial chore: completing the document that is crucial for financial aid. Known as Fafsa, which is short for Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form is used to calculate how much students and their families are expected to contribute to the cost of attending college, and what sort of financial aid they will receive.
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A Brief History of (Modern) Time
A book, The Global Transformation of Time, 1870-1950, authored by Vanessa Ogle of the School of Arts & Sciences is reviewed.
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Scalia Made Headlines. But the Real Story Is How Colleges Have Failed to Truly Integrate.
In December, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made some unenlightened comments during oral arguments in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, involving the university’s affirmative action program. Justice Scalia’s assertion that African American students would benefit from attending “a slower-track school where they do well,” is simply wrong and unsupported by evidence. Since affirmative action began, we have made significant progress toward diversifying campuses across the U.S.
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Bidding War Boosts Pep Boys Stock
Emilie Feldman of the Wharton School is quoted about mergers and divestitures.
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Season’s Greetings Mean Corporate Stress
Deborah Small of the Wharton School talks about how consumers view brands as “friends and expect companies to share their values.”
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Should the U.S. Become a Nation of Apprentices?
Eslie Murraine tried college. But he couldn’t figure out what he wanted to do with his life, so he dropped out after a couple years and went to work for United Parcel Service. It took seven years — and an electrical fire at his home — for Mr. Murraine to find his true calling. "I was fascinated" by the fire, he recalled, and "I started looking into what caused it."
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How Does a College Get an Exemption from Title IX?
The federal gender-equity law known as Title IX has largely become known for two issues in higher education: requiring equity in opportunities for women in college sports and, more recently, a nationwide wave of demands for colleges to crack down on sexual harassment and rape. In fact, the law's reach goes much further than those specific issues, barring all forms of discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation in "all aspects of education programs or activities operated by recipients of federal financial assistance," according to an explanation of the law from the U.S.
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Bird’s Eye View
Elaine Holt of the School of Veterinary Medicine is profiled.
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Random Attacks Not Tied to Terrorism Challenge Law Enforcement
Witold Rybczynski of the School of Design talks about the purpose of bollards and protecting pedestrians from vehicles driving on the sidewalk.
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To Prevent Suicide In College, Make Mental Health Screening Mandatory
Last January, an undergraduate student at Yale posted a suicide note to Facebook and jumped to her death. In her note, she stated that she knew she was depressed, but she was afraid of being forced to leave school as a result. “Dear Yale: I loved being here. I only wish I could’ve had some time. I needed time to work things out and to wait for new medication to kick in, but I couldn’t do it in school…” This example, while devastating, is not an anomaly. Suicide is the leading cause of death among college students. Nearly half of all adults in the U.S.