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• 10 Colleges Where Getting Involved Is Easy
• Farm Bureau offers farm lesson grants to teachers
• Being a bully linked to casual, risky sex
• Life Lessons From Experienced Teachers: How Not to Burn Out and Love What You Do

10 Colleges Where Getting Involved Is Easy Posted: 12 Nov 2013 08:12 AM PST The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Many schools have more than 100 clubs for students to bond and explore campus life beyond the classroom, but only some institutions have an amount of extracurricular activities that's relative to their student body size. These schools have a low number of average students per club, making it easier for undergrads to get involved with a group they enjoy. At a school with an average of 55 students per club, for example, it may be harder for a student to become club president or find other ways to contribute to an organization.

Farm Bureau offers farm lesson grants to teachers Posted: 12 Nov 2013 07:44 AM PST An Iowa Farm Bureau program designed to teach children about agriculture is opening the process for teachers to apply for grant money. The Teacher Supplement Grant program was established in 2003 and this ...

Being a bully linked to casual, risky sex Posted: 12 Nov 2013 07:24 AM PST By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens who bully other kids, or are both bullies and bullied themselves, are more likely to engage in risky sex, according to a new study. "Some previous research has found that aggression and sexual risk-taking are related, so it was not entirely surprising that bullies and bully-victims reported more sexual risk-taking than their peers," Melissa K. Holt said. The study included almost 9,000 high school students from 24 schools who completed a survey about bullying and sexual behavior. "Risky sex" was defined as casual sex and sex while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Life Lessons From Experienced Teachers: How Not to Burn Out and Love What You Do Posted: 11 Nov 2013 05:17 PM PST Marla Kilfoyle thinks of her lifelong teaching career as lucky, but she's good at spotting an opportunity too. Back toward the beginning of her career, Kilfoyle and her first husband moved to Florida.

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