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• Victim: Not enough prison time for Conn. ex-dean (AP)
• Did Amy Chua's Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard? (Time.com)
• Can Facebook Posts Lead to College Rejections? (U.S. News & World Report)
• F-Bombs and 'Jorts': 9 Craziest College Rejection Reasons (The Daily Beast)
• Schools face cliff as education money dries up (AP)
• 8 illegal immigrants detained at Georgia protest (AP)

Victim: Not enough prison time for Conn. ex-dean (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 11:49 AM PDT AP - A teenager who says he was sexually abused at an exclusive Connecticut boarding school by a former dean of students was stunned and upset when the educator took a plea deal this week calling for a 9 1/2-year prison sentence, the teen's lawyer said Wednesday.

Did Amy Chua's Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard? (Time.com) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 08:45 AM PDT Time.com - Now that her eldest cub is bound for the Ivy League, the Tiger Mom has been tamed

Can Facebook Posts Lead to College Rejections? (U.S. News & World Report) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 07:38 AM PDT U.S. News & World Report - 'Tis the season. Colleges have sent out their admissions decisions, with prospective students eagerly sorting through acceptances and rejections. This week's question from Derrick L. in New York, N.Y. tackles the question of whether an applicant's social media activity has an effect on college admissions.

F-Bombs and 'Jorts': 9 Craziest College Rejection Reasons (The Daily Beast) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 04:37 AM PDT The Daily Beast - In the toughest college admission season on record, acceptance rates plummeted at many schools, including the Ivy League. Kristina Dell explores some of the arbitrary and whimsical reasons that applicants were rejected.

Schools face cliff as education money dries up (AP) Posted: 06 Apr 2011 02:51 AM PDT AP - As lawmakers around the country debate their states' budgets, they're staring over the edge of a massive fiscal cliff — the point where about $100 billion in federal stimulus money for education will run out.

8 illegal immigrants detained at Georgia protest (AP) Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:43 PM PDT AP - Eight young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday for sitting in the middle of a busy street in front of the Georgia Capitol, protesting their lack of access to higher education in a scene reminiscent of civil rights demonstrations decades ago.

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