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• US colleges seek economic diversity in students from China
• Myanmar police to DNA test soldiers over murdered teachers
• Dartmouth College to ban hard alcohol on campus
• Scholarships to Help International Students Afford U.S. Colleges
• Top US colleges push for more diverse students from China
• S&P report backs Gov. Jerry Brown's call to tame spending

US colleges seek economic diversity in students from China Posted: 29 Jan 2015 01:21 PM PST NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (AP) — Top American universities like Yale and Harvard, widely regarded overseas as places only for children of the rich and powerful, are increasing efforts to attract the best international students, regardless of their financial backgrounds.

Myanmar police to DNA test soldiers over murdered teachers Posted: 29 Jan 2015 12:16 PM PST Myanmar police Thursday said they will conduct DNA tests on soldiers and residents in a northern village where two young teachers were murdered in a crime that has sparked widespread public anger. "We have collected hair samples of 25 soldiers who were on duty that night as well as from 10 villagers," lieutenant San Lwin of Shan state police force told AFP. The samples have been sent to the capital Naypyidaw for DNA testing to check against strands of hair found in the hands of both the deceased women, he added. Maran Lu Ra, 20, and Tangbau Hkawn Nan Tsin, 21, were volunteer teachers at IDP camps near the border town of Muse in Shan, parts of which have also been wracked by conflict between Myanmar's army and ethnic minority rebels in recent years.

Dartmouth College to ban hard alcohol on campus Posted: 29 Jan 2015 07:39 AM PST (Reuters) - Dartmouth College will ban hard alcohol on campus as it seeks to cut down on binge drinking among students, the Ivy League school's president said on Thursday. The ban, which applies to students and all college-sponsored events, comes at a time when universities across the United States are trying to fight what the White House has described as an "epidemic" of sexual assault. The Hanover, New Hampshire, college is among the more than 50 elite U.S. learning institutions that the Department of Education is investigating to see if their policies on sex assault violate U.S. laws requiring equal treatment for men and women in higher education. Researchers say the culture of binge drinking on college campuses has fueled sex assaults.

Scholarships to Help International Students Afford U.S. Colleges Posted: 29 Jan 2015 07:00 AM PST American colleges and universities are among the best in the world, and for many students from around the globe, attending college in the U.S. would be a dream come true. Every year, thousands of students from nearly every continent flock to campuses across the U.S. to earn their degrees and take what they've learned back home. Though it's true that American colleges and universities are far from free, many offer generous scholarships to international students, and there are a handful of private scholarships available to students as well. Before you write it off as impossible, check out scholarship opportunities for funding your American college dream.

Top US colleges push for more diverse students from China Posted: 28 Jan 2015 09:03 PM PST Yupei Guo does not fit the mold of the traditional Ivy League student from China: Her journalist parents are neither rich nor members of the governing elite. Growing up, she thought the cost would make ...

S&P report backs Gov. Jerry Brown's call to tame spending Posted: 28 Jan 2015 05:38 PM PST A new financial report released Wednesday backs Gov. Jerry Brown's call to avoid new spending, despite pressure from fellow Democrats to use the surplus on social services, higher education and other programs. ...

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