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Education News - 8 Apr 2008

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A jury convicted a man Monday of first-degree murder in the sex-slaying of a fellow student in her Eastern Michigan University dorm room.
Source: www.woodtv.com

Higher education institutes need to be more open about admissions, the universities secretary, John Denham, will tell vice-chancellors
Source: education.guardian.co.uk

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A team of Purdue University students concocted a 156-step recipe to prepare a hamburger to win Saturday's annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. This year's task was to assemble a burger consisting of no less than one ...
Source: www.msnbc.msn.com

"We're going to do what we need to do so students can have a smooth entry into our university in the fall" South Carolina State University must enroll fewer students who lack the basic skills to succeed in college if it wants to offer a higher-quality education and boost its graduation rate, according to a ... via Post and Courier
Source: www.topix.com

Three Washington state residents have admitted to selling thousands of bogus academic degrees through scores of phony online universities.
Source: www.edweek.org



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