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• Study finds slowing drop in youth tobacco use
• The Telling Numbers That For-Profit Colleges Can't Defend
• Constitution Check: Do college students who evaluate their professors have a right to anonymity?
• Lady Gaga’s mother, Valerie Jarrett team up to stop bullying [VIDEO]

Study finds slowing drop in youth tobacco use Posted: 09 Aug 2012 11:14 AM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - The once-rapid decline in tobacco use among young people has slowed as cash-strapped states slash funding for anti-smoking campaigns, a federal study released on Thursday showed. From 2009 to 2011, the percentage of high school students using tobacco dropped only slightly, to 23.2 percent from 23.9 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The decline was greater among middle school students, dropping to 7.1 percent from 8.2 percent, the CDC said. ...

The Telling Numbers That For-Profit Colleges Can't Defend Posted: 09 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT The for-profit higher education industry was the target of a bruising report issued last week. Based on a two-year effort, the report detailed high rates of loan default, aggressive recruiting, higher than average tuition, low retention rates, and little job placement assistance. It was spearheaded by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, a longtime critic of the industry. (ProPublica has written a number of pieces looking more closely at the explosive growth sector, including questionable recruiting and marketing.)

Constitution Check: Do college students who evaluate their professors have a right to anonymity? Posted: 09 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT Lyle Denniston looks at the controversy over anonymous student evaluations of college faculty, and the rights of instructors to know who may be accusing them of teaching poorly.

Lady Gaga’s mother, Valerie Jarrett team up to stop bullying [VIDEO] Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:18 PM PDT Lady Gaga's mother Cynthia Germanotta addressed the issue of bullying in public schools with President Barack Obama's senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and announced that Gaga's upcoming bus tour is an opportunity for her Born This Way Foundation and the Obama administration to partner with communities around the nation.

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