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During the grueling Republican primary season, traditionally liberal college newspapers approach endorsements in a number of ways. Some aren't endorsing at all. Others have been swayed by some of the candidates, particularly Ron Paul and ex-candidate Jon Huntsman.
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Sarah Palin wrote on Facebook that President Obama's refusal to grant healthcare law waivers to all Catholic institutions is especially cold considering the welcoming he received at the University of Notre Dame in 2009, where he delivered the commencement speech.
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A recent graduate of the school reports that the fraud may have been part of an effort to compensate for lower test scores among incoming students who were part of a program to enhance racial and economic diversity: in 2004, Claremont began admitting its first of four classes from the Posse Foundation, a full-scholarship program for inner-city students from Los Angeles. Ten students were admitted per year into a class of about 250 students, for a total of 40 students over four years. The students were personally interviewed by Vos and Gann, according to a press release from the college’s website in late December 2003, but in his 2005 report to U.S. News–the first year Posse students were admitted–Vos began falsifying SAT scores.
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The president of Florida A & M University has suspended all student groups on campus from recruiting new members until the completion of a safety investigation. The ban comes in the wake of the murder of a student who may have been involved in hazing:
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More details on the juiced-up SAT scores at Claremont McKenna College have emerged: The new, corrected numbers demonstrate a roughly flat trajectory of SAT scores in both the Critical Reading and Math sections. The old, manipulated numbers showed a clear upward trajectory in both mean and median scores. Critical Reading scores were artificially increased by an average of more than 17 points, a greater amount than Math scores, which were increased by an average of only 10.5 points... More
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Kenneth Marcus of Baruch College writes that, despite setbacks, support from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has led to some positives signs in the battle against anti-Semitism on college campuses... More