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Summary: Partin, a native of Parsons, Tenn., was an accounting major in the college's Class of 1943. Partin had a year left in college when he was called to active duty. He said it would have cost him $1,000 to have a special '43 medallion dyed and cast.

Summary: ...colleges no longer requiring the exam for admissions or giving it less weight. Under Texas law, students here are guaranteed admission into a public college if their grades place them in the top 10 percent of their high school class -- regardless of their score on the SAT or the ACT, another college-entrance exam. SAT critics say it does a poor job of predicting how well students will do in college. Leaders of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing also note that students...

Summary: Derek Walker carries plates without a dining tray Monday at West Virginia's Glenville State College. Glenville State has joined an increasing number of colleges and universities that have shed their cafeteria trays. It's too soon to measure cost savings nationwide.

Summary: ...school grade-point averages are calculated won't affect current high school students, the Texas attorney general's office said Tuesday. Under a 2007 law, the state Higher Education Coordinating Board is required to devise a uniform method for calculating the averages to standardize college admissions. Confusion over wording led the board to ask in May for guidance from the attorney general. The attorney general's ruling states that a new universal system should be applied on a...

Summary: Raw head counts at Kilgore College and Panola College show two-year enrollment increases of 18 percent or more. Salaries and infrastructure costs are higher at four-year schools, but community college officials say they've long been expected to do more with less. Kilgore College's metal corrosion classes attracted about seven students a few years ago.

Summary: ...school's admissions office to ask the college testing agencies -- ACT and SAT -- to verify certain test scores. Once the school has asked for that verification, a final admission decision is not made until the verification process is completed. Until that point, the prospective student is allowed to take part in on-campus activities as a special, or conditional, admit. Gophers coach Tim Brewster took several questions about Gray before announcing he only wanted to talk...

Summary: That's the storied average of extra weight new arrivals to the college scene often pack. That leads many college students to subsist on meal bars, shakes and ramen noodles. If you're worried about the freshman 15, most schools provide free nutritional counseling through the health center.

Summary: ...said school admissions officials haven't seen a significant increase in applicants taking the ACT. However, they recognize and are watching schools, such as Wake Forest University, that have dropped the SAT admission requirement. "We may move toward a different standard at some time," Eckert said. But "we haven't really discussed that seriously." Contact Holly Prestidge at (804) 649-6945 or hprestidge@timesdispatch.com. Newstex ID:...

Summary: That's part of the high school reform, how to better engage all students." While 39 percent of graduating students nationwide took the SAT, 76 percent of Connecticut students did.

Summary: The most often-reported difficulty is finding job candidates with occupational training provided by community or technical colleges, such as an associate degree in nursing or mechanical training.