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• Kids Are Boycotting School Lunches They Say Are Worse Than Prison Food
• Find college scholarships “in two minutes”
• Colleges That Charge Students the Most to Apply
• Too hard for Californians to get into public universities: report
• Forcing Colleges to Involve Police in Sexual-Assault Investigations?

Kids Are Boycotting School Lunches They Say Are Worse Than Prison Food Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:49 PM PST The effort, called "The School Lunch Project: Culinary Denial," was created in November by civics students at the school. Chicago Public Schools partnered with Philadelphia-based Aramark two years ago when the district, like several others across the nation, shifted to offering free meals to all students at most campuses.

Find college scholarships “in two minutes” Posted: 01 Dec 2015 07:11 AM PST The Scholly app is a new way for high school students to find scholarships for college.

Colleges That Charge Students the Most to Apply Posted: 01 Dec 2015 06:00 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. Be sure to explore The Short List: College, The Short List: Grad School and The Short List: Online Programs to find data that matter to you in your college or grad school search.

Too hard for Californians to get into public universities: report Posted: 30 Nov 2015 06:18 PM PST Insufficient funding and tighter admissions standards have made it too hard for California high school students to win admission to the state's public university system, a new report says. The report by the Campaign for College Opportunity comes as the California State University system and the 10-campus University of California promise to make room for more in-state students as businesses in the state prepare for an anticipated shortage of more than 1 million people with bachelor's degrees. "It really goes to show how far behind California is in terms of sending students directly into four-year campuses to get a degree at a time when obviously more and more jobs require that level of education," said Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, a Los Angeles-based advocacy group.

Forcing Colleges to Involve Police in Sexual-Assault Investigations? Posted: 19 Nov 2015 08:30 AM PST Prospects for a bill that would limit the ability of colleges to investigate claims of sexual violence dimmed this week as umbrella organizations for fraternities and sororities became the latest groups to cut ties with the legislation.

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