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Opinion: College Graduation Rates -- What You Don't Know Can Hurt
By not in system - AOL NewsThe college admissions season is in full swing, and around the country high school seniors and their parents are actively discussing their college options for next year, filling out financial aid paperwork, and editing and re-editing college essays. For these students and their families, the end goal is a college degree, which they know is a key to economic success. Unfortunately, not all colleges are created equal when it comes to getting their students over the finish line. Institutions that admit similar students often have widely different graduation rates, and far too many colleges fail ...
Soldier Surprises His Daughter at Graduation
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(June 12) -- With her father away on military service in the Middle East, Chelsea Jusino was resigned to attending her high school graduation without him. But when she donned her graduation gown and went to the ceremony at a baseball stadium in Clearwater, Fla., she got a surprise. After Gary Schlereth, principal of Countryside High School, spoke to the students about adulthood, he introduced a video on the stadium's JumboTron screen. There was Chelsea's dad, Edgar. "Chelsea, I know due to certain circumstances, I have not always been there for you and that I have missed many ...
Video Catches Sleepy Student at Obama Speech
By Mara Gay - AOL News(June 8) -- President Barack Obama's graduation speech at a Michigan high school got plenty of applause, but it didn't prove rousing enough for one student. He dozed off. As the president told Kalamazoo Central grads that "true excellence only comes with perseverance," a sleepy student in the choir behind him can be seen on camera yawning and struggling to stay awake. The unidentified young man is quite animated as he fights sleep, even managing to join a round of applause before closing his eyes again. It wasn't long before the video was a YouTube hit. Of course, the president may be ...
Obama Kalamazoo Commencement Address [EXCERPTS]
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyPresident Obama won fame and fortune due to his impressive oratory skills, and tonight he is offering his silver-tongue up as prize to a less than typical audience: The graduates of Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalmazoo, Mich., who emerged as the victors in the Department of Education's first annual Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. It will actually be the second commencement address Obama has delivered to students in the Wolverine State: Last month, he spoke at the University of Michigan graduation ceremony. Part of the larger, $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" national education ...
Ann Curry, Columbia Student Own Up to Graduation Gaffes
By Michelle Ruiz - Politics DailyIt's pomp and circumstance season, with celebrities, politicians and even the president flocking to colleges and universities across the country to give sage commencement speeches -- but not always with success. This morning, "Today" show anchor Ann Curry took to Twitter to own up to for "her embarrassing blunder" at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where she named distinguished alumni like horror director Wes Craven and former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who turned out to be graduates of an Illinois college also called Wheaton. .bbpBox14762244096 ...
Notre Dame's Goodbye to Graduates and Randall Terry
By Lynn Joyce Hunter - Politics DailyAs a supporter of President Obama and a Notre Dame alumna, my question is: What was accomplished by this graduation hijacking? A group of anti-abortion extremists from outside of the university used the graduation convocation as an event for staging protests against the president's position on abortion. Like a PETA stunt, this form of activism caused embarrassment and discomfort to its target and generated much media attention. But what, if anything, will be different once Randall Terry goes home? ...
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