Correction (April 21 12:17 a.m.): An earlier version of this story stated that Hindi's group made recommendations to the paper's advisory board. They made the recommendations to the school's student media board after new editor Amanda Wilkins was selected. The story has been changed to reflect the correction.
Private universities are giving record amounts of grant aid to help students with pricey tuition.In 2008, private universities spent a record amount on grant aid. The tuition discount rate increased from about 39 percent in 2007 to about 43 percent in 2008.
Some students at Louisiana State University might soon be able to add a beer-brewing class to their schedules.The university announced plans to open an on-campus brewery, where students can take courses on making beer and creating their own brews.
States across the country are revising their child pornography laws to adjust the punishments for what has become known as “sexting” — distributing sexual images via cell phone.Many states have relaxed the charge, previously considered a felony, for minors because minors are making up an increasing percentage of the people charged with sexting. In many states, it is now considered a misdemeanor for minors.
In the past five years, an influx of internships have been available for both current undergraduates and those who have recently graduated.Steven Rothberg, founder and CEO of CollegeRecruiter.com, said that the number of internships that are available to students has increased, but most of them today are unpaid.Rothberg attributed this fact to the recession.
The UNC-system Board of Governors is trying to persuade state legislators to create a spring tax-free weekend to help students buying textbooks for the spring semester.But that plan could cause the state to lose as much as $20 million a year, according to a 2008-09 report from the N.C. General Assembly fiscal research division.
For several years now, high school seniors applying to universities haven’t just had to worry about perfecting their college essays and transcript, but also editing their Facebook profiles and security settings. Admission officers at some universities such as N.C. State University said they are using social networking sites to further evaluate prospective students.
