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Knetwit to provide new online study resource for students

By Dalia Mortada | September 24, 2008

Unveiled last week, a new Web site service called Knetwit will serve as a networking site for students and professors who want to upload their class notes, papers and other resources for others to use.The social networking and information-sharing site is free to join and use, and the more a person?s material gets downloaded, the more points a student earns to be redeemed for cash or merchandise from the Knetwit store.The creators of the site, Benjamin Wald and Tyler Jenks, call Knetwit ?knowledge-based social networking,? and Wald said it takes social networking one step further.

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Third parties compete for votes

By Emily Poe | September 23, 2008

McCain-Palin. Obama-Biden. Nader-Gonzalez? Perhaps to the surprise of some, there are four campaigns aside from the Democratic and Republican ones vying for the White House this November.

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Admission commission criticizes standardized testing

By Chelsea Germano | September 23, 2008

Institutions of higher education should place less of a focus on standardized testing when it comes to admissions decisions, according to a Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admissions report published by the National Association for College Admission Counselling.The report notes that external factors can and will affect how well students score on standardized tests and also states that these tests do not holistically measure students? capabilities.?Access to test preparation will always be differentiated based on family income, school setting, and other variables external to the student,? the report states, outlining the faults it finds with standardized testing.

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University, others are participants in

By Leeza Kuznetsova | September 23, 2008

College and high school students now have a new way to keep track of important deadlines, following the recent launch of a free, nationwide master calendar and information system for higher education institutions.More than 1,500 four-year colleges and universities, including the University, are now involved with the ?College Life is Cool? Web site, www.theclic.net, which provides students, high schools, colleges and community programs access to information about scholarships, financial aid and application deadlines, according to CLIC network CEO Donna Michelle Anderson.?The CLIC is a useful resource for students because it allows them to access information about any college from just one Web site,? she said.The site is also useful, Anderson said, because it helps students judge and compare different aspects of the college application process, from scholarships and financial aid packages to the individual schools themselves.

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Financial aid group releases proposals

By Katie Bo Williams | September 22, 2008

Rethinking Student Aid, a group of higher education policy experts, published its findings Thursday regarding two years of meetings about simplifying and improving the federal financial aid system.The report focuses on improving both financial aid and the student loan system, said Rethinking Student Aid member Kathleen Little, senior executive director of College Board Financial Aid Programs.

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Facebook could play role in admissions

By Prateek Vasireddy | September 22, 2008

Though some students may believe the practice commonly described as ?Facebook stalking? is limited to their own generation or potential employers, a Kaplan survey has found that social networking profiles are also sometimes reviewed by undergraduate and graduate schools? admissions offices.

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Financial crisis affects job prospects

By Emily Poe | September 22, 2008

In light of the recent economic troubles facing the U.S. business market, the Commerce School is stepping up its efforts to prepare students for the job market, especially those interested in investment banking.Tom Fitch, assistant dean of career services at the Commerce School, said Commerce Career Services is trying to give students who want to go into investment banking more options outside of the big banking or ?bulge bracket? firms because a number of those firms have recently filed for bankruptcy.?We might be pointing [Commerce students] in the directions of more alternative types, locations and sizes of firms,? Fitch said.

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Lawn tailgates allowed, with changes

By Thomas Madrecki | September 19, 2008

In advance of the upcoming Oct. 4 home football game against the University of Maryland, the University has once again issued a statement allowing Lawn social events, albeit with several new provisions designed to better control excessive crowds and maintain the historic Lawn community, Dean of Students Allen Groves said.The new provisions, which reverse the tailgate ban issued following the home football game against the University of Southern California, are the result of extended discussion with Lawn and Range residents last week, Groves said.

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Volkswagen to fund state institutions

By Thomas Madrecki | September 19, 2008

Volkswagen Group of America announced a five-year, $2.1 million education initiative and partnership yesterday with six institutions in Virginia and Washington, D.C., including the University.At the University, the initiative, called ?Partners in Education,? will fund a new international component of the Rodman Scholars program and a graduate engineering student fellowship, Volkswagen Group Communication Director Jill Bratina said.

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Curry School hosts new speaker series

By Dalia Mortada | September 19, 2008

The Education School will launch the Curry Education Research Lectureship Series today, with the first of several speakers seeking to promote further discussion of education-related ideas.

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Police arrest three suspects in connection with shooting

By Jane Ma | September 19, 2008

Following the Wednesday afternoon shooting at the off-Grounds University Heights apartment community during which three people were wounded and one was killed, Albemarle County Police have made several arrests and University Heights officials are now making efforts to address the situation, Albemarle County Police Lieut.

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