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• California high school student confesses to racist computer post
• 4 Ways to Prepare for a Career While You're in College
• How Undocumented College Applicants Can Find a Welcoming School
• Why `Off The Radar' Colleges Can Be A Great Deal

California high school student confesses to racist computer post Posted: 06 Nov 2015 01:03 PM PST As many as 1,000 Berkeley High School students left class on Thursday morning after school district officials notified parents the night before about the hateful message, Berkeley Police Department spokesman Byron White said. The message, shared on Twitter by the school's black student union and then published by local news outlets, included racial slurs, a claim of past racial violence, a reference to the Ku Klux Klan and a threat of a "public lynching" in December. School officials have not released the student's name or race.

4 Ways to Prepare for a Career While You're in College Posted: 06 Nov 2015 06:57 AM PST In a research study this year, IBM set out to uncover what's wrong with higher education. In collaboration with the Economist Intelligence Unit, the IBM Institute for Business Value surveyed more than 900 academic industry leaders from private and public colleges and universities, vocational programs, community colleges, education service providers and corporations throughout the world.

How Undocumented College Applicants Can Find a Welcoming School Posted: 06 Nov 2015 05:30 AM PST "One is obviously the financing of higher education which is more complex for undocumented students," says Martha Kanter, a visiting professor at New York University and a member of the board of directors for Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization which supports Latinos in higher education. In some states -- such as Maryland, Texas and Washington -- undocumented college students can get in-state tuition. Others -- such as Alabama or South Carolina -- bar undocumented students from attending college locally or receiving financial aid, according to a July report from the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Why `Off The Radar' Colleges Can Be A Great Deal Posted: 05 Nov 2015 11:54 PM PST Not every college is on the top of the most-popular college rankings list. Here are some colleges that may be worthwhile.

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