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The article focuses on the sympathy offered by schools for a student from Oakland who was recovering from burns after another student burnt her skirt on an air-conditioned transit bus.

The article focuses on providing the underserved, and underrepresented students with learning opportunities for motivating them to study science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Topics discussed include Science Engineering Mathematics and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) aims to increase participation and retention of youth, teachers play a vital role in SEMAA, and SEMAA students respond well to hands-on experiments which employs scientific methods.

The article presents questions and answers related to the absence of students during lab sessions including ideas for taking action when the students miss a lab, and reporting to the principal when students are really on-task and engaged in the activities.

The article focuses on a research which evaluated middle school, high school and university students studying for 15 minutes in their homes. Specifically, the research focused on whether students could maintain focus and their possible distractions. According to results, distractions to these students include having more devices available within their environment, texting and accessing Facebook. Also. the research revealed that students were only able to study for three to five minutes.

The article discusses the differences between the college experiences of men and women. While popular opinion suggests that gender equity has been achieved and women are achieving academic success even as men experience an educational crisis, the author states that these beliefs are oversimplified. According to the author, both genders face obstacles and challenges in their pursuit of higher education. To improve the system, administrators must gain an understanding of the nuances of the gender gap in college.

The article focuses on a report by the National Center for Education Statistics according to which 78.2 percent students had received their secondary school education in 2010.

The article discusses a survey by ACT Inc. that says the overall percentage of college freshmen who return to the same college for their second year of higher education has declined in the 2007-8 academic year compared to the previous year. The number is the lowest percentage since 1989. Two-year colleges are examined.

The article discusses the political engagement of college students in the U.S. Specifically, the article mentions four battleground states: Colorado, North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. The article mentions registered student voters, campaign signs, voter enthusiasm, the video-sharing web site YouTube, and four-year colleges and universities. The article also mentions controlling the cost of college, education, affirmative actions, racism, sexism, and 2008 U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.

The article discusses the 2008 annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research. Speakers at the conference warned that if colleges want to avoid stricter forms of government regulation, they should become smarter about analyzing and responding to their own internal student-achievement data. Rather than resisting the public desire for accountability, college leaders should be more transparent and use the data they gather. In addition, colleges should continue to collect data on students' racial and ethnic identities.

The article focuses on research which looked at the impact names have on the grades that students get. The research indicated that students with names that started with C and D have worse grades than those starting with As and Bs and all of the other letters. Researchers also found that baseball players with K initials tended to strike out more than others. A discussion of additional research which looked at things that shape human beings' destiny, including birth order, is presented.

The article discusses the proposal of having an international set of higher education standards. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is pushing for such a set of standards to be written that would directly measure learning outcomes and not only research outcomes. Previous efforts to create standards includes the U.S. and 47 European countries that are implementing the Bologna Process and believe that it will be in place by 2010. There are tests used to study learning in college students including the Collegiate Learning Assessment, which is used at 225 colleges in the U.S. and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which is administered at dozens of universities in other countries.

The article discusses the work of applied anthropologist Nancy Fried Foster of the University of Rochester library, who studied undergraduates' habits, research practices, and papers. Her findings helped the library to refine its processes and the way that it markets its services to students, which improved how the librarians viewed the students and better meet their needs. One of the findings was that not all students are naturally adept at using technology. Another unexpected discovery was that many students admitted to discussing their papers with their parents. Since so many of the students were overachievers, their hectic schedules reflected their motivation.

Focuses on the criticisms made by Gaston Caperton, president of College Board in the United States regarding a research project concerning the performance of student on examinations. Information on the research; Controversies surrounding the research; Comment from Caperton.

Reports on the research conducted by the tobacco company Philip Morris on students susceptible to smoking.

Looks at the results of an experiment stating that college students studying economics tend to be more honest that other students. Details of experiment; Implications of experiment on honesty of economists; Findings of experiment.