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Student Life Cycle Management

Student Groups Hope For Lower U of Wisconsin Tuition Increase

Some University of Wisconsin student groups are trying to soften the blow of higher education costs after system President Kevin Reilly recommended raising tuition at all UW campuses by 5.5 percent Monday.

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Wisconsin State Journal

Out-Of-State Colleges Entice Californians

As budget cuts plague the UC and Cal State systems, colleges in nearby states put more effort into attracting students from California.

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The Los Angeles Times

Paying For College: Schools Pledge To Disclose More On Education Costs

Ten private U.S. colleges and state university systems announced plans on Tuesday to be more upfront about the costs of higher education, including detailing the monthly loan payments students would face after graduation.

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Reuters via The Huffington Post

Treatment Of Military Employees Earns Award For Western Michigan University President

Western Michigan University IT specialist Erik Conover, a U.S. Army sergeant, has been deployed with the military three times since he started working at the university 10 years ago.

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MLive.com

St. Olaf Uses Data To Argue Its Worth

Go to St. Olaf College's website and you'll see what the 2011 graduates are up to. Not just that one star who snagged the job at General Mills or the three now studying at Yale University. Most of them.

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Star Tribune

Invisible Students, Missing Programs and Policies

Viewpoint
Taking responsibility for the safety and academic success of the LGBT population
Shane L. Windmeyer
University Business, June 2012

There are more out lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) college students today than there have been at any other time in the history of higher education. In decades past, many young LGBT people experienced their coming out processes in college, yet today’s rising college freshmen have increasingly become more out and more vocal in high school and even in middle school.

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Diversity
Student Life Cycle Management
Student Retention
Student Wellness

At CUNY, Stricter Admissions Bring Ethnic Shift

More than a decade after the City University of New York ended open admissions to its four-year colleges, a marked shift has occurred at its top institutions as freshman classes now enter with far better academic credentials and also a different demographic mix.

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The New York Times

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