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Now that's what I call Graduation!

Graduation's looking a bit different at Teesside University this year!

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Why College Just Got Harder

SAN FRANCISCO – It isn't just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of... more

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College Payments

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Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life

My baby daughter graduates from high school. And I realize how lonely it will be... more

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School cancels graduation for cheaters

An Ohio school district says it uncovered a cheating scheme so pervasive that it had... more

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Graduation Ceremony in Second Life

150 year old Bryant & Stratton College will host the first, fully online, live Second... more

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Fighting Owl Films Announces Web Series

Mobile, Al based independent film group Fighting Owl Films’ latest short film “The... more

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Success with an A.A. Degree: How some execs made it big

Graduation season is here and article shares entrepreneur success in fashion, PR,... more

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infoMania 5.21.09: American Idol

This week on infoMania we share our favorite moments from this week's season finales... more

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Some Seniors Can't Affford to Graduate

ELKHART, Ind.— There's no question that Albert White has earned the right to don a... more

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Tools for a Tough Market: 100 Resources for College Grads

From exploring career options to creating resumes and cover letters to social... more

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Why unsuccsssful people make the best commencement Speakers

Don't invite people who succeeded. Invite people who failed. By Timothy NoahPosted... more

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Marc Maron's 2009 Commencement Address @ BreakRoomLive.com

http://breakroomlive.com BreakRoomLive w/ Maron & Seder is LIVE weekdays, 3-4pm... more

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(Is There) Life After College (?)

I just discovered this website. I haven't had a chance to check it out, but as a... more

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Graduation for primary schools suggested

Sir Tim Brighouse, a government advisor, says that primary schools should have... more

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20 young doctors graduate in Somalia, 1st in years

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- They dodged firefights on their way to school, maneuvering... more

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Should Kids Be Able to Graduate After 10th Grade?

High school sophomores should be ready for college by age 16. That's the message from New Hampshire education officials, who announced plans Oct. 30 for a new rigorous state board of exams to be given to 10th graders. Students who pass will be prepared to move on to the state's community or technical colleges, skipping the last two years of high school. (See pictures of teens and how they would vote.)

Once implemented, the new battery of tests is expected to guarantee higher competency in core school subjects, lower dropout rates and free up millions of education dollars. Students may take the exams - which are modeled on existing AP or International Baccalaureate tests - as many times as they need to pass. Or those who want to go to a prestigious university may stay and finish the final two years, taking a second, more difficult set of exams senior year. "We want students who are ready to be able to move on to their higher education," says Lyonel Tracy, New Hampshire's Commissioner for Education. "And then we can focus even more attention on those kids who need more help to get there."

But can less schooling really lead to better-prepared students at an earlier age? Outside of the U.S., it's actually a far less radical notion than it sounds. Dozens of industrialized countries expect students to be college-ready by age 16, and those teenagers consistently outperform their American peers on international standardized tests. (See pictures of the college dorm room's evolution.)

With its new assessment system, New Hampshire is adopting a key recommendation of a blue-ribbon panel called the New Commission on Skills of the American Workforce. In 2006, the group issued a report called Tough Choices or Tough Times , a blueprint for how it believes the U.S. must dramatically overhaul education policies in order to maintain a globally competitive economy. "Forty years ago, the United States had the best educated workforce in the world," says William Brock, one of the commission's chairs and a former U.S. Secretary of Labor. "Now we're No. 10 and falling."

As more and more jobs head overseas, Brock and others on the commission can't stress enough how dire the need is for educational reform. "The nation is running out of time," he says.

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