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• Paging Hollywood Movie Writers: Popular Teens Get Bullied Too
• English universities see first fall in foreign students since 1985
• S.C. college students decry next president's Confederate ties

Paging Hollywood Movie Writers: Popular Teens Get Bullied Too Posted: 02 Apr 2014 05:43 AM PDT It's a tried-and-true Hollywood plot: An unpopular high school student (he or she is always different—but different in a cool way we can relate to) gets totally bullied by the popular kids. Faris' team studied more than 4,000 high schoolers from 19 public schools in North Carolina.

English universities see first fall in foreign students since 1985 Posted: 02 Apr 2014 04:19 AM PDT By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - The number of overseas students at English universities has fallen for the first time in nearly 30 years as students choose the United States and Australia instead due to tougher visa rules and higher fees, research showed on Wednesday. Numbers fell to 307,205 in 2012 from 311,800 in 2011, the first drop in 29 years, analysis by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) showed, despite foreign student numbers rising in other countries. The data is a concern for the 73-billion-pound ($121-billion) higher education sector, with international and EU students making up 30 percent of full-time university entrants, worth 10.7 billion pounds a year in fees and other spending. HEFCE data showed higher education accounted for 2.8 percent of UK GDP in 2011 and almost 760,000 jobs.

S.C. college students decry next president's Confederate ties Posted: 01 Apr 2014 05:43 PM PDT By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Students and faculty at a liberal arts college in South Carolina are protesting the selection of the state's lieutenant governor as their next president, citing his record as a defender of Confederate history. Students at the College of Charleston have held up signs reading "This is 2014, not 1814" during protests against their new president, known as a Civil War re-enactor and for his fight to keep the Confederate flag flying at the State House. On Tuesday night, the College of Charleston's faculty Senate issued a unanimous vote of no confidence in the school's board of trustees for choosing Lieutenant Governor Glenn McConnell to lead the small, public college that was founded in 1770.

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