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Top 7 Tips on How to Be Successful in College

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Trying new things in college—like enrolling in courses outside your comfort zone or exploring unfamiliar activities—can uncover passions and skills you didn’t know you had. According to The New York Times, Americans with four-year college degrees earned, on average, 98% more per hour in 2013 than those without a degree.

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Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

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A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. Several colleges and universities recently have announced similar cuts, eviscerating the liberal arts in response to budget shortfalls, enrollment declines, and shifting student preferences.

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Formerly Incarcerated Man Earns Degree After Decades-Long Fight for Education Behind Bars

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When he persisted, Fordham said, the administrator told him that he could enroll in a 150-hour literacy program with the caveat that if I so much as missed one class, fell asleep for one second, I'd be thrown into [solitary] confinement. I remember sitting with an administrator who wanted to assign me to a grounds crew job.

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Majority of California College Students Eligible for CalFresh Do Not Enroll: Report

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Only 30% of eligible community college students, 22% of eligible UC undergraduates, and 29% of eligible UC graduate students were enrolled in CalFresh in fall 2019. While a large portion of community college students live with their families, students enrolled at a UC campus are less likely to.

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California’s Revised Budget Plan Slashes Financial Aid Funding

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The state budget, finalized in June, includes $510 million in cuts to the Middle Class Scholarship and excludes funding for changes to Cal Grant, California's financial aid program. The program also applies to students pursuing a teaching credential and those enrolled in a bachelor's degree program at California Community Colleges.

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UT-Austin External Transfer Admissions Guide

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Public Service Announcement: Enrolling at Austin Community College (ACC) does not improve your UT transfer chances. Others enroll at a great university, but the major they come to love isn’t offered there, so they must switch campuses to pursue their new interest. Note: this post is for External Transfers who are not UT students.

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Average LSAT Score and Scores of Accepted Law Students

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Data Summary Check The average LSAT score for first-time takers was 151, according to scores tracked from 2006-2013. [1] 3] Check In 2022, there were 35,000 first-year, full-time students enrolled at JD-granting institutions. The American Bar Association (ABA) has approved 196 law schools to grant Juris Doctor (JD) degrees. [5]