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Editorial: The flatlining of higher education
A recent study of survey responses, transcript information and data from the Collegiate Learning Assessment concluded that 45 percent of students tested after their second year in college showed no improvement in their development of “higher-order cognitive skills.
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Editorial: Effects of the texting generation
It has become a crucial form of communication for college-aged students like us. We do it during many activities, such as driving, bicycling, during class, while exercising and sometimes even in the shower.
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Editorial: Virtual classes not fit for all
Virtual or online courses can be a great route for students who need to pick up an extra class but don't have time in their schedule to meet in a classroom every week.
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Editorial: Wringing the Pell
Those who watched Democrats and Republicans in Congress agree last month to extend $858 billion worth of Bush-era tax cuts for another two years could be forgiven for thinking that the federal government is flush with cash. Unfortunately, the recent murmuring on Capitol Hill about cuts of up to $5.
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Editorial: Quality journalism requires quality pay
Oklahoma State U.’s student newspaper, The Daily O’Collegian, is attempting to do what many major news outlets have failed to do: charge readers for online content.
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Editorial: Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll are heading stateside
The UK phenomena “Skins” made its stateside premier Monday night on MTV. The show is a teen soap of sorts, embellishing on the lives of high school students who are grappling with the realities of young adulthood.
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Editorial: Easing travel restrictions to Cuba must continue
Barack Obama's administration announced Friday that it will start easing travel restrictions to Cuba, allowing all U.S.
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Editorial: Facebook, Twitter allow misinformation to spread
A surge of Google search activity targeted the topic of zodiac signs, beginning Jan. 13 and lasting through the long weekend.
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Editorial: Hope, healing worth celebrating
There is no right or wrong way to grieve. But you would never know that from commentary about Wednesday night's crowd, when President Barack Obama and other speakers gathered with 13,000 mourning Tucsonans in McKale Center, while thousands more watched in Arizona Stadium and on TV.