Britain tightens student visa rules Khaleej Times LONDON - Britain is to tighten the rules on immigrants entering Britain on a student visa, the government said on Sunday in a clampdown on a system which some security experts say has been exploited by Islamist militants. | Home Secretary (interior minister) Alan Johnson said the crackdown was part ...
Some schools rethink bans on cell phones Newsvine More than 100 students were suspended last month at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Conn. They weren’t bullies. They weren’t cheating. They weren’t caught smoking in the bathrooms. | They had cell phones. | Michelle Wade, a spokeswoman for the New Haven Public Schools, said students had...
Ore minority group to offer white students aid The Examiner Comments PORTLAND, Ore. (Map, News) - An Oregon group that represents minorities plans to offer scholarships for white college students to study race relations and help champion issues important to minorities. | "I want to reach white students becaus...
Hartford to retire as Meredith College president Business Journal Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Steve Wilson M...
Hartford to retire as Meredith College president The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | President Maureen Hartford will retire in 201...
Britain tightens rules on student visas Denver Post | LONDON — Britain is tightening its rules on student visas to prevent people from flouting the rules and working illegally. | The changes — which are effective immediately — won't stop genuine students from traveling to Britain to ...
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Pepsi Invites the Public to Do Good The New York Times | DECADES ago, consumers were invited to "be sociable, have a Pepsi." Now the brand wants to invite consumers to help Pepsi support social causes - and will use social media like F...
Students failing because of Twitter, texting Canoe By Susanna Kelley, THE CANADIAN PRESS | (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Damian Dovarganes, File) | TORONTO - Little or no grammar teaching, cellphone texting, social networking sites like Fa...
Now, Britain tightens rules for student visas! Zeenews London: Days after Britain suspended issuing student visas in north India, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has announced new measures intended to cut the number of student visas issued abroad and prevent abuse of the immigration system. | In a statement,...
Britain Plans to Cut Flow of Foreign Students The New York Times | LONDON - In the face of mounting concern about abuse of student visa rules by migrant jobseekers and potential terrorists, Britain said Sunday that it was planning an immediate tightening of its border controls that could reduce the flow of people ...
Britain tightens student visa rules Arab News | Peter Griffiths | Reuters | LONDON: Britain is to tighten the rules on immigrants entering Britain on a student visa, the government said on Sunday in a clampdown on a system which some security experts say has been exploited by militants. | Home S...
Internet addiction a cause of depression, especially for young people The Examiner | A report in the Feb. 10, 2010 issue of the journal Psychopathology by British researchers at the University of Leeds reports that compulsive Internet users are likely to be depressed. And this correlation is especially strong in young people. | Is Internet addiction a real disorder? | Part of the criticism against studies like the recent Psychopa...
Notre Dame student combatting feral cat population The Examiner Comments SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Map, News) - A University of Notre Dame theology student has turned her concerns about the plight of feral cats into a program that traps and sterilizes felines to reduce their numbers. | Since September, the Michiana Feral Cat Society has trapped and neutered 66 cats in the South Bend area. | "Most of them are doing OK o...
