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• In a first, US university to send students to Cuban hospitals
• U.S. student math test scores slip for first time since 1990
• Violent S. Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police
• Violent South Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police
• More U.S. high school students smoke only pot, not cigarettes
• Detroit high school students raise up homeless veterans in death
• Explore How Presidential Candidates Stand on Student Loan Debt
• South African police clash with protesters at Wits University
• One killed, college students injured in Pennsylvania crash
• College students get a "Taste" of the professional world

In a first, US university to send students to Cuban hospitals Posted: 28 Oct 2015 03:41 PM PDT With long strained US-Cuban relations on the mend, Michigan State University has become the first US school offering medical students routine learning time in Cuban hospitals, MSU announced Wednesday. While some US students have attended Cuba's medical school on their own in the past, the development is a landmark for US institutions of higher education since bilateral ties were reestablished in July after five decades of Cold War bad blood. "This is a first ... for American medical students to be able to walk the halls of three of Cuba's main hospitals in Havana and receive credit for the experience," William Cunningham, assistant dean for the College of Osteopathic Medicine in West Michigan, said in a statement.

U.S. student math test scores slip for first time since 1990 Posted: 28 Oct 2015 01:55 PM PDT Math test scores for fourth and eighth grade students across the United States dipped in 2015, marking the first such decline in 25 years, according to a U.S. Department of Education report released on Wednesday. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the "nation's report card," found the average of test scores for more than half a million students declined. Test scores for fourth and eighth grade students dropped two points to 240 and three points to 282, respectively, from 2013 to 2015.

Violent S. Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police Posted: 28 Oct 2015 11:00 AM PDT The violent arrest of a black female student by a white police officer at a South Carolina high school has reignited concerns that the proliferation of cops in U.S. schools can criminalize behavior once handled more quietly by school officials. Almost 31,000 "school resource officers" or other law enforcement officers are stationed at U.S. public schools, with another 13,060 sworn law enforcement officers spending at least part of their time at schools, according to U.S. Department of Education data. Americans have grown accustomed to the presence of armed and uniformed officers in schools since the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and numerous school shootings since.

Violent South Carolina arrest prompts concerns over school police Posted: 28 Oct 2015 10:41 AM PDT Almost 31,000 "school resource officers" or other law enforcement officers are stationed at U.S. public schools, with another 13,060 sworn law enforcement officers spending at least part of their time at schools, according to U.S. Department of Education data. Americans have grown accustomed to the presence of armed and uniformed officers in schools since the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and numerous school shootings since.

More U.S. high school students smoke only pot, not cigarettes Posted: 28 Oct 2015 08:54 AM PDT By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) - As fewer U.S. high school students exclusively smoke cigarettes and cigars, more of them are using marijuana, a recent study suggests. Overall, the proportion of teens in grades 9 through 12 who only smoked traditional tobacco products declined to 7.4 percent of students in 2013 from 20.5 percent of students in 1997, the study found. While concerted public health efforts to prevent cigarette use and encourage cessation may have contributed to declines in teen use of these products, it's also possible that the legalization of medical marijuana in a growing number of U.S. states may be increasing teens' perceptions that this is beneficial rather than harmful, said lead author Italia Rolle, who is lead epidemiologist in the Office on Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

Detroit high school students raise up homeless veterans in death Posted: 28 Oct 2015 08:41 AM PDT A group of Detroit high school students is stepping up to make sure homeless military veterans receive honor and dignity in death. Junior and senior students at the University of Detroit Jesuit High School are acting as pallbearers for homeless men and women who might otherwise have no friends, family, or old Army buddies at their graveside or funeral. About 50 teenagers signed up to be trained as pallbearers.

Explore How Presidential Candidates Stand on Student Loan Debt Posted: 28 Oct 2015 07:00 AM PDT While the race for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations remains an early and crowded one, the Student Loan Ranger thought it might be a good time to start getting an idea of where some of the candidates stand on student debt. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton rolled out her higher education plan, called The New College Compact, this past August. The plan can be summed up by a quote from a speech she gave in New Hampshire the day it was officially released: "No family and no student should have to borrow to pay tuition at a public college or university," Clinton said.

South African police clash with protesters at Wits University Posted: 28 Oct 2015 05:58 AM PDT South African police fired stun grenades and arrested one student in clashes at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand on Wednesday, as country-wide protests for free tertiary education entered a third week. Studies and examinations have been disrupted at several universities and many remain closed even after President Jacob Zuma on Friday gave in to the protesting student's demands not to increase university fees next year. Some students at Wits are demanding free higher education, as well improved conditions for contracted university workers.

One killed, college students injured in Pennsylvania crash Posted: 27 Oct 2015 05:52 PM PDT A bus carrying members of the Lehigh University rowing teams collided with a car on a Pennsylvania highway on Tuesday, killing one person in the car and sending students to hospitals with minor injuries, police and campus officials said. The car erupted into flames after the collision on U.S. Route 22 near Bethlehem, said Pennsylvania State Police spokesman Marc Allen. Lehigh University spokeswoman Lori Friedman said the bus was carrying 20 members of the men's and women's rowing teams when the accident happened.

College students get a "Taste" of the professional world Posted: 27 Oct 2015 05:30 PM PDT Dozens of Fresno State students spent the day getting a "taste" of life after college.

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